Wow, Jerry, that's complicated for an XSL newbie like me. I will definitely keep it
around and try to "crack" the code sometime. ;-) Btw, do you know of any XSL/XPath
book of which you think highly? I have an XML book but it doesn't go into all that
much depth.
Thanks,
Sonny
--- Jerry Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I think this snippet that I gleaned from the list a while back
>(didn't thank the author in my comment, unfortunately, so I don't
>remember who) addresses what you're asking:
>
><!--
> Allows initialization code to be executed exactly once.
> This was expressed as:
> <xsl:template match="xsp:page/*[not(starts-with(name(.), 'xsp:'))]">
> in the xsp docs with Cocoon, but I think what's below is prettier.
> -->
><xsl:template match="xsp:page/*[not(self::xsp:*)]">
> <xsl:copy>
> <xsl:apply-templates select="@*"/>
> <xsp:logic>
> // This code ends up inside populateDocument() before any user code
> String productId = request.getParameter("productid");
> </xsp:logic>
> <xsl:apply-templates/>
> </xsl:copy>
></xsl:template>
>
>
>Sonny Sukumar wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> I sent the following message (below the line) yesterday and got one good suggestion
>to use
>>
>> <xsp:logic>
>> String productId = request.getParameter("productid");
>> </xsp:logic>
>>
>> instead of
>>
>> <xsp:logic>
>> String productId = <xsp-request:get-parameter name="productid"/>;
>> </xsp:logic>
>>
>> However, it did not work..same problem with the ordering of the generated Java code
>for the XSP which causes productId to try to be used (to create an attribute value
>for the root element) before it is declared. I would REALLY appreciate any insight
>into this.
>>
>> Thanks. :-)
>> ______________________________________________________________________________
>> Using: Cocoon 2.0.3 with Tomcat 4.1.12 on Redhat 7.3
>>
>> My problem is this: I'm writing an XSP and trying to insert an attribute
>> in the root element of my document. The root element is <Product>, as this
>> doc stores product info.
>>
>> Anyhow, a logicsheet inserts an
>> <xsp:attribute>
>> <xsp:expr>products.getCategory(productId)</xsp:expr>
>> </xsp:attribute>
>>
>> into my XSP within the <Product> element. Now, the productId variable is
>> declared like this *right* below the root <Product> element in the XSP:
>>
>> <Product>
>> <xsp:logic>
>> String productId = <xsp-request:get-parameter name="productid" default=""/>;
>> </xsp:logic>
>> ...
>>
>> The problem is that in the Java class generated for the XSP declares productId
>> AFTER the attribute code tries to call products.getCategory using productId
>> as a parameter. This is the ONLY thing causing the error as far as I can
>> tell, as the code works fine without putting in the attribute.
>>
>> Note that NO MATTER WHERE the <xsp:attribute>..</xsp:attribute> code gets
>> inserted within the <Product></Product> block, the generated Java code still
>> has the same ordering problem.
>>
>> Does anybody know how to fix this? I would have put the productId declaration
>> above the root element (i.e. made it a class member of the generated Java
>> class), but apparently one can't use the xsp-request logicsheet tags at the
>> class level. I don't know why this is the case either.
>>
>> Thanks for the help!
>>
>> Sonny
>>
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