With in an xslt 1.0. I am calling a java function getTierByBundleId which returns below xml. I want to iterate through each Tier using for each. How can i do that
<xsl:variable name="varTierList" select="testclass:getTierByBundleId($bid,$ApplicationId)"/>
Xml returned by function getTierByBundleId
<TierList>
<Tier>
<TierId>1</TierId>
<Name>test</Name>
<Type>2</Type>
<Price>10</Price>
</Tier>
<Tier>
<TierId>2</TierId>
<Name>test</Name>
<Type>3</Type>
<Price>11</Price>
</Tier>
</TierList>
Here when I am trying to do xsl:for each on the variable which has the xml I am getting compilation error. How can I access each Tier from variable $varTierList
<xsl:for-each select="$varTierList/TierList/Tier">
<TierId><xsl:for each"Tierid"/>
</xsl:for-each
Below is the xslt which is generation the above TierList xml
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:foxtelclass="test.GetOrderQuote" exclude-result-prefixes="foxtelclass" extension-element-prefixes="testclass">
<xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:if test="count(/ROWSET/ROW) > 0">
<TierList>
<xsl:for-each select="/ROWSET/ROW">
<Tier>
<TierId><xsl:value-of select="TIER_ID" /></TierId>
<Name><xsl:value-of select="NAME" /></Name>
<Type><xsl:value-of select="TIER_TYPE" /></Type>
<Price><xsl:value-of select="PRICE" /></Price>
</Tier>
</xsl:for-each>
</TierList>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
<xsl:for-each select="$varTierList/TierList/Tier"> is throwing the error message
Here is the full xslt
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:testclass="test.GetOrderQuote"
xmlns:ext="http://exslt.org/common" exclude-result-prefixes="testclass" extension-
element-prefixes="testclass">
<xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>
<xsl:param name="ApplicationId"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<ServiceList>
<xsl:variable name="unique-list" select="//ROWSET/ROW/SERVICE_ID
[not(.=following::SERVICE_ID)]"/>
<xsl:for-each select="$unique-list">
<xsl:if test=".!=0">
<Service>
<xsl:variable name="Sid" select="."/>
<ServiceInternalId>
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</ServiceInternalId>
<BundleList>
<xsl:variable name="unique-
bundle" select="//SERVICE_ID/../BUNDLE_ID[not(.=following::BUNDLE_ID)]"/>
<xsl:for-each
select="$unique-bundle">
<xsl:variable
name="bid" select="."/>
<xsl:if
test="count(/ROWSET/ROW/SERVICE_ID[text()=$Sid]/../BUNDLE_ID[text()=$bid])> 0">
<Bundle>
<Bundle_Id>
<xsl:value-of select="$bid"/>
</Bundle_Id>
<Type>
<xsl:value-of select="../BUNDLE_TYPE"/>
</Type>
<Name>
<xsl:value-of select="../BUNDLE_NAME"/>
</Name>
<Price>
<xsl:value-of select="../BUNDLE_PRICE"/>
</Price>
<xsl:variable name="varTierList" select="testclass:getTierByBundleId
($bid,$ApplicationId)"/>
<test>
<xsl:value-of select="$varTierList"/>
</test>
<xsl:for-each select="$varTierList/TierList/Tier"><!--line causing error-->
<TierId>
<xsl:value-of select="TierId"/>
</TierId>
</xsl:for-each>
</Bundle>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
</BundleList>
</Service>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
</ServiceList>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Below is the text from test node which what is xml variable varTierList contains
<test><TierList>
<Tier>
<TierId>109</TierId>
<Name>Boxes</Name>
<Type>10</Type>
<Price>10</Price>
</Tier>
</TierList>
</test>
Please find below input xml
<ROWSET>
<ROW>
<SET_ID>0</SET_ID>
<SET_DATE>2014-11-09 00:00:00.0</SET_DATE>
<BUNDLE_NAME>Test</BUNDLE_NAME>
<BUNDLE_ID>131</BUNDLE_ID>
<BUNDLE_PRICE>30</BUNDLE_PRICE>
<BUNDLE_TYPE>3</BUNDLE_TYPE>
<BUNDLECOMPONENT_LIST>101100</BUNDLECOMPONENT_LIST>
<PACKAGE>10015</PACKAGE>
<PACKAGE_TYPE>5</PACKAGE_TYPE>
<COMPONENT>101100</COMPONENT>
<PRODUCT_DESC>World Movies</PRODUCT_DESC>
<RATE_AMOUNT>10</RATE_AMOUNT>
<DISCOUNT_AMOUNT>0</DISCOUNT_AMOUNT>
<SERVICE_ID>98683812</SERVICE_ID>
<CHARGE_TYPE>RC</CHARGE_TYPE>
<GUID_TOKEN>053944D794856E3FE0540010E00D30B8</GUID_TOKEN>
<NRC_LINE_ID>0</NRC_LINE_ID>
<TIERID>11</TIERID>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<SET_ID>0</SET_ID>
<SET_DATE>2014-11-09 00:00:00.0</SET_DATE>
<BUNDLE_NAME>Optional test</BUNDLE_NAME>
<BUNDLE_ID>131</BUNDLE_ID>
<BUNDLE_PRICE>30</BUNDLE_PRICE>
<BUNDLE_TYPE>3</BUNDLE_TYPE>
<BUNDLECOMPONENT_LIST>101100</BUNDLECOMPONENT_LIST>
<PACKAGE>10015</PACKAGE>
<PACKAGE_TYPE>5</PACKAGE_TYPE>
<COMPONENT>101103</COMPONENT>
<PRODUCT_DESC>RAI International</PRODUCT_DESC>
<RATE_AMOUNT>20</RATE_AMOUNT>
<DISCOUNT_AMOUNT>0</DISCOUNT_AMOUNT>
<SERVICE_ID>98683812</SERVICE_ID>
<CHARGE_TYPE>RC</CHARGE_TYPE>
<GUID_TOKEN>053944D794856E3FE0540010E00D30B8</GUID_TOKEN>
<NRC_LINE_ID>0</NRC_LINE_ID>
<TIERID>14</TIERID>
</ROW>
</ROWSET>
Hope this helps,
this is full xslt that doesn't shows any compilation error at my end
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:testclass="test.GetOrderQuote" xmlns:ext="http://exslt.org/common" exclude-result-prefixes="testclass">
<xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>
<xsl:param name="ApplicationId"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<ServiceList>
<xsl:variable name="unique-list" select="//ROWSET/ROW/SERVICE_ID[not(.=following::SERVICE_ID)]"/>
<xsl:for-each select="$unique-list">
<xsl:if test=".!=0">
<Service>
<xsl:variable name="Sid" select="."/>
<ServiceInternalId>
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</ServiceInternalId>
<BundleList>
<xsl:variable name="unique-bundle" select="//SERVICE_ID/../BUNDLE_ID[not(.=following::BUNDLE_ID)]"/>
<xsl:for-each select="$unique-bundle">
<xsl:variable name="bid" select="."/>
<xsl:if test="count(/ROWSET/ROW/SERVICE_ID[text()=$Sid]/../BUNDLE_ID[text()=$bid])> 0">
<Bundle>
<Bundle_Id>
<xsl:value-of select="$bid"/>
</Bundle_Id>
<Type>
<xsl:value-of select="../BUNDLE_TYPE"/>
</Type>
<Name>
<xsl:value-of select="../BUNDLE_NAME"/>
</Name>
<Price>
<xsl:value-of select="../BUNDLE_PRICE"/>
</Price>
<xsl:variable name="varTierList" select="testclass:getTierByBundleId($bid,$ApplicationId)"/>
<test>
<xsl:value-of select="$varTierList"/>
</test>
<xsl:for-each select="$varTierList/TierList/Tier">
<TierId>
<xsl:value-of select="TierId"/>
</TierId>
</xsl:for-each>
</Bundle>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
</BundleList>
</Service>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
</ServiceList>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
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thanks for taking the time!
I am trying to get the position of a node based on its value, so that I can then get corresponding entries. Please let me show you with an example, it will be easier to explain.
Here is the source XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<sampleSourceXML>
<Table>
<Header>
<Column>Name</Column>
<Column>Surname</Column>
<Column>Title</Column>
</Header>
<Body>
<Row>
<Entry>James</Entry>
<Entry>Bond</Entry>
<Entry>Mr</Entry>
</Row>
<Row>
<Entry>Harry</Entry>
<Entry>Potter</Entry>
<Entry>Mr</Entry>
</Row>
</Body>
</Table>
</sampleSourceXML>
This is the resulting XML that I would like to achieve:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<sampleResultXML>
<Person>
<FirstName>James</FirstName>
<LastName>Bond</LastName>
<Title>Mr</Title>
</Person>
<Person>
<FirstName>Harry</FirstName>
<LastName>Potter</LastName>
<Title>Mr</Title>
</Person>
</sampleResultXML>
I tried it with this XSLT:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:element name="sampleResultXML">
<xsl:for-each select="sampleSourceXML/Table/Rows/Row">
<xsl:element name="Person">
<xsl:element name="FirstName">
<xsl:value-of select="./Entry[1]/text()"></xsl:value-of>
</xsl:element>
<xsl:element name="LastName">
<xsl:value-of select="./Entry[2]/text()"></xsl:value-of>
</xsl:element>
<xsl:element name="Title">
<xsl:value-of select="./Entry[3]/text()"></xsl:value-of>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
This works.
But! The source XML can have a different order. For example the Title element can be above the Name element. So the hardcoded position in my XSLT (e.g. Entry[3]) will not work any more.
The header order and the entry order are always corresponding. So if the Column Title is in position 3, so will be the corresponding row.
So I need a way to get the position of, let's say, the Title element dynamically. So I have to go through the Column elements until I reach the one with value "Title". This position I thought I'd save in a variable (e.g. Position_Title) so that I can fill the value later like so:
<xsl:element name="Title">
<xsl:value-of select="./Entry[$Position_Title]/text()"></xsl:value-of>
</xsl:element>
However I haven't been able to find a way to do this...
Do you have any ideas how I can achieve this?
Thanks!
Nick
EDIT: Thanks to Michael for the help! Here is the final XSLT I'm using:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="/sampleSourceXML">
<xsl:variable name="cols" select="Table/Header/Column"/>
<sampleResultXML>
<xsl:for-each select="Table/Body/Row">
<Person>
<xsl:for-each select="Entry">
<xsl:variable name="i" select="position()"/>
<xsl:variable name="elementName">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$cols[$i]='Name'">
<xsl:value-of select="'FirstName'"/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$cols[$i]='Surname'">
<xsl:value-of select="'LastName'"/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:value-of select="$cols[$i]"/>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:element name="{$elementName}">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:for-each>
</Person>
</xsl:for-each>
</sampleResultXML>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
So I need a way to get the position of, let's say, the Title element dynamically. So I have to go through the Column elements until I reach the one with value "Title". This position I thought I'd save in a variable (e.g. Position_Title) so that I can fill the value later like so:
I think it could be much simpler if you do it from the opposite direction. Try:
XSLT 1.0
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="/sampleSourceXML">
<xsl:variable name="cols" select="Table/Header/Column" />
<sampleResultXML>
<xsl:for-each select="Table/Body/Row">
<Person>
<xsl:for-each select="Entry">
<xsl:variable name="i" select="position()" />
<xsl:element name="{$cols[$i]}">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:for-each>
</Person>
</xsl:for-each>
</sampleResultXML>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
I need to list all the INST names but only if the "onlyTesters" node don´t exists in the "inst/idef" part of XML body above.
I know thats strange but I can´t change the XML I receive.
XML:
<river>
<station num="699">
<inst name="FLU(m)" num="1">
<idef></idef>
</inst>
<inst name="Battery(V)" num="18">
<idef>
<onlyTesters/>
</idef>
</inst>
</station>
<INST name="PLU(mm)" num="0" hasData="1" virtual="0"/>
<INST name="FLU(m)" num="1" hasData="1" virtual="0"/>
<INST name="Q(m3/s)" num="3" hasData="1" virtual="1"/>
<INST name="Battery(V)" num="18" hasData="1" virtual="0"/>
</river>
XSL:
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:apply-templates select="//INST[#hasData = 1 and not(//inst[#num=(current()/#num)]/idef/onlyTesters)]/#name"/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="//INST[#hasData = 1 and not(//inst[#num=(current()/#num)]/idef/onlyTesters)]/#name">
<xsl:value-of select="#name"/>,
</xsl:template>
I´m having no match.
This is the result I expect:
PLU(mm),FLU(m),Q(m3/s)
You can achieve this with only one template:
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:for-each select="//INST[#hasData='1' and not(#name=//inst[idef/onlyTesters]/#name)]">
<xsl:value-of select="#name"/>
<xsl:if test="position() != last()">, </xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
Output is:
PLU(mm), FLU(m), Q(m3/s)
Cross-references are best resolved using a key - for example:
XSLT 1.0
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="text" encoding="UTF-8" />
<xsl:key name="inst" match="inst" use="#name" />
<xsl:template match="/river">
<xsl:for-each select="INST[#hasData = 1 and not(key('inst', #name)/idef/onlyTesters)]">
<xsl:value-of select="#name"/>
<xsl:if test="position() != last()">,</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Or even simpler:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="text" encoding="UTF-8" />
<xsl:key name="exclude" match="onlyTesters" use="ancestor::inst/#name" />
<xsl:template match="/river">
<xsl:for-each select="INST[#hasData = 1 and not(key('exclude', #name))]">
<xsl:value-of select="#name"/>
<xsl:if test="position() != last()">, </xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
I'm trying to update the text nodes in xml based on the check if it matches a certain pattern
in xslt 1.0
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format" xmlns:regexp="http://exslt.org/regular-expressions">
<xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0"/>
<xsl:template match="#*|node()">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="#*|node()"/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="text()">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:call-template name="CheckAndReplace">
<xsl:with-param name="text" select="."/>
<xsl:with-param name="pattern" select=""/>
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="CheckAndReplace">
<xsl:param name="text"/>
<xsl:param name="pattern"/>
<xsl:for-each select="regexp:match( $text, $pattern, 'gi' )">
<xsl:copy-of select="regexp:replace( $text, $pattern, 'gi','*' )"
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
XML:
<Root>
<Name> Kabir </Name>
<Id> </Id>
</Root>
Here the request has ID tag which matches my pattern and that needs to be replaced
Result Required:
<Root>
<Name> Kabir </Name>
<Id> * </Id>
</Root>
There is no regex in XSLT 1.0. If your goal is to replace all occurrences of the character with a * then try:
<xsl:template match="text()">
<xsl:value-of select="translate(., '', '*')" />
</xsl:template>
I could not find a similar question anywhere, so thats why posting this new question.
I have an XML that I want to read and convert into SQL using XSLT. The trick part is that the XML elements(i.e. the names) are not known and the XSD for the XML is generated on the fly.
But what is known is certain attributes of the elements.
The XML looks like this :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<et:ItemRecordList xmlns:et="urn:org:easetech:easytest:schema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:org:easetech:easytest:schema ItemRecord.xsd ">
<ItemRecord recordId="idvalue0" tableName="item_record">
<itemId columnName="item_id" idColumn="true" length="36" nullable="false">itemId</itemId>
<databaseInstitution columnName="database_institution" length="255" nullable="false">0</databaseInstitution>
<lastModifiedDate columnName="last_modified_date" length="255" nullable="false">2001-12-31T12:00:00</lastModifiedDate>
</ItemRecord>
</et:ItemRecordList>
I want to use this XML and convert it into an INSERT SQL statement using XXSLT.
I created an XSLT like this :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="text" encoding="UTF-8" />
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:for-each select="/*/*">
INSERT INTO
<xsl:value-of select="#tableName" />
(
<xsl:for-each select="/*/*/*">
<xsl:variable name="columnName"><xsl:value-of select="#columnName"/></xsl:variable>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="#columnName">
<xsl:value-of select="$columnName"/>
<xsl:if test="position()!=last()">
<xsl:text>, </xsl:text>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:when>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:for-each>
)
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
which gives me the output like this :
INSERT INTO item_record (item_id, database_institution, last_modified_date)
But I don't know how to create the value part of the query. The value is the value we get using
<xsl:value-of select="." />
I tried concatenating the values, but unfortunately concat didnt work for me. I also played around with xsl:variable but couldnt make it work. If someone could help me with the XSLT that I can use to create to output like below that would be really appreciated.
INSERT INTO item_record (item_id, database_institution, last_modified_date) values (itemId,0,2001-12-31T12:00:00)
How about:
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:for-each select="/*/*">
<xsl:text>INSERT INTO </xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="#tableName" />
<xsl:text> (</xsl:text>
<xsl:for-each select="*[#columnName]">
<xsl:value-of select="#columnName"/>
<xsl:if test="position()!=last()">
<xsl:text>, </xsl:text>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
<xsl:text>) values (</xsl:text>
<xsl:for-each select="*[#columnName]">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
<xsl:if test="position()!=last()">
<xsl:text>, </xsl:text>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
The next XSLT will generate the query as wanted
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="text" />
<xsl:variable name="newline" select="'
'" />
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:apply-templates select="*/*/#tableName" />
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="#tableName">
<xsl:value-of select="concat('INSERT INTO ', ., ' (')" />
<xsl:apply-templates select="parent::*/*/#columnName" />
<xsl:value-of select="') VALUES ('" />
<xsl:apply-templates select="parent::*/*" mode="values" />
<xsl:value-of select="concat(')', $newline)" />
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="#columnName">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="position() = last()">
<xsl:value-of select="." />
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:value-of select="concat(., ', ')" />
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="*" mode="values">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="position() = last()">
<xsl:value-of select="." />
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:value-of select="concat(., ', ')" />
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
I am sick of write all the call-template/with-param stuff.
Is there any shortcut for this in example:
<xsl:call-template name="complexwidget">
<xsl:with-param name="a" select="$bla_213"/>
<xsl:with-param name="b" select="$bla_213"/>
<xsl:with-param name="c" select="$bla_213"/>
<xsl:with-param name="d" select="$bla_213"/>
</xsl:call-template>
A Perfect posibility would be this:
<complex a="{$bla_213}" b="{$bla_213}" c="{$bla_213}" d="{$bla_213}" />
Any idea, maybe a twice-transform-xslt??
If you could switch to xslt 2.0 then user functions would be exactly what you need.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:fn="http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions" xmlns:my="my-namespace">
<xsl:output method="text" version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:value-of select="my:complexWidget(1, 2, 3, 4)" />
</xsl:template>
<xsl:function name="my:complexWidget">
<xsl:param name="a" />
<xsl:param name="b" />
<xsl:param name="c" />
<xsl:param name="d" />
<!-- Do something -->
<xsl:value-of select="($a, $b,$c, $d)" separator="-" />
</xsl:function>
</xsl:stylesheet>
In xslt 1.0 I think that preprocessing of xslt stylesheet with another transformation will be the only way (or may be writing some extension functions in language of your processor .
EDIT:
I tried the "preprocess" of xslt and it seems to be working (but probably it is no the most elegant way how to do it).
Input xslt
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:mypp="my-preprocess-namespace">
<xsl:output method="text" />
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:variable name="varA" select="1"/>
<xsl:variable name="varB" select="2"/>
<xsl:variable name="varC" select="3"/>
<xsl:variable name="varD" select="4"/>
<mypp:complexWidget a="$varA" b="$varB" c="$varC" d="$varD"/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="complexWidget">
<xsl:param name="a"/>
<xsl:param name="b"/>
<xsl:param name="c"/>
<xsl:param name="d"/>
<!-- do something-->
<xsl:value-of select="$a"/>
<xsl:text>-</xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="$b"/>
<xsl:text>-</xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="$c"/>
<xsl:text>-</xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="$d"/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
I defined here a special namespace for element to be replaced (i.e. xmlns:mypp="my-preprocess-namespace"). Element to be replaced is <mypp:complexWidget a="$varA" b="$varB" c="$varC" d="$varD"/>.
This xslt I preprocess with following xslt.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:mypp="my-preprocess-namespace">
<xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="node() | #*">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="node() | #*" />
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="mypp:*">
<xsl:element name="xsl:call-template">
<xsl:attribute name="name">
<xsl:value-of select="local-name()" />
</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:for-each select="#*">
<xsl:element name="xsl:with-param">
<xsl:attribute name="name">
<xsl:value-of select="name()" />
</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="select">
<xsl:value-of select="." />
</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
It is based on "Identity transform" - copy everything to the output just elements from special namespace transform into the call-template element. I guess this could be done in more nice way than I did.
The output is
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:mypp="my-preprocess-namespace" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
<xsl:output method="text" />
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:variable name="varA" select="1"/>
<xsl:variable name="varB" select="2"/>
<xsl:variable name="varC" select="3"/>
<xsl:variable name="varD" select="4"/>
<xsl:call-template name="complexWidget">
<xsl:with-param name="a" select="$varA"/>
<xsl:with-param name="b" select="$varB"/>
<xsl:with-param name="c" select="$varC"/>
<xsl:with-param name="d" select="$varD"/>
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="complexWidget">
<xsl:param name="a"/>
<xsl:param name="b"/>
<xsl:param name="c"/>
<xsl:param name="d"/>
<!-- do something-->
<xsl:value-of select="$a"/>
<xsl:text>-</xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="$b"/>
<xsl:text>-</xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="$c"/>
<xsl:text>-</xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="$d"/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
When I run the output as xslt stylesheet it produces expected output.
But I don't have any deeper experience with producing xslt stylesheet by another xslt so I don't know much about possible troubles with this approach.