Jeremy, you could try just generating the entire linkmap, then use a transformer to select just the part that interests you (i.e. 2 steps instead of combined into 1 step).
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremy Quinn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, 30 March 2003 05:33 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: input modules > > > Hi All > > Is it possible to use a value from a matcher in an input module? > (I asked about this a while ago, there was some interest, but I don't > remember what was resolved). > > I need to take a URL coming into a Sitemap, pass it to an > input module > and use the returned value in the @src of a generator. ie. I am using > an XML file to 'translate' URLs. > > I have a 'linkmap' that maps incoming URL stubs to file > locations (and > describes the structure of a site). > > A linkmap looks something like this: > > <map lang="en"> > <ref xl:label="home" xl:href="home.xml" xl:title="blah"> > <name>KISS</name> > <ref xl:label="work" xl:href="work/home.xml" xl:title="blah"> > <name>Work</name> > <ref xl:label="schematic" xl:href="work/schematic.xml" > xl:title="blah"> > <name>Schematic</name> > </ref> > </ref> > <ref xl:label="faq" xl:href="faq/home.xml" xl:title="blah"> > <name>FAQ</name> > <ref xl:label="faq.strech" xl:href="faq/strech.xml" > xl:title="blah"> > <name>Dil Add Freeflow</name> > </ref> > etc. > > With a pipeline like this: > > <map:match pattern="*"> > <map:generate src="{linkmap:{1}}"> ??????? > etc. > </map:match> > > How do you pass the "{1}" into the input module that will look up the > URL (using XPath) in the LinkMap? > > Thanks for any help > > regards Jeremy > >
