I've been watching both this thread and also the one on *sharing microsoft experience*, and was prompted to contribute some experience.
I strongly regard the evaluate() functionality as the C/C++ exquivelent of providing pointer support. This is *very* important in abstractions, although is equally sensitive to misuse. We've used the xalan:evaluate() extension to separate the structure of layout from the data that populates it - basically by including a <quote>pointer</quote> to where the data is in the same document. The overall DOM is build from an aggregate, thereby allowing forms to be reused in different content parts, and paired with data from multiple sources. Its advantage over an XSLT to do the same is that the form has a definite structure (linear) that is better understood by web-authors. Of course, the whole thing is brought together by a rather complex stylesheet, but that's what we pay the silicon for ;). Adrian ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeremy Quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 11:21 AM Subject: Re: data goes in, data goes out > At 11:55 am -0500 29/11/01, Craeg K. Strong wrote: > >Jeremy Quinn wrote: > > <snip/> > > >>Incedentally, I spent some time yesterday trying to work out if standard > >>XUpdate transformation could be handled by an XSLT Stylesheet rather than > >>written in Java. I suspect it would be extremely difficult, if not > >>impossible. XSLT is not good at selecting, using dynamic XPaths (am I > >>right?). > >> > >Many XSLT processors have implemented evaluate() Here is the doc: > > > Thanks Craeg. > > > I knew about this, but thought it could be construed as bad practice (slow, > non-standard). > > Is this so? > > regards Jeremy > > > > -- > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Jeremy Quinn Karma Divers > webSpace Design > HyperMedia Research Centre > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.media.demon.co.uk> > <phone:+44.[0].20.7737.6831> <pager:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
