This question relates to XSLT, not XSL-FO or FOP, so this isn't really the right ML to post this.
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 12:23 AM, Bernard Giannetti < thebernmeis...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using FOP, embedded in a desktop application, to create PDFs from a > single data XML file using an XSLT file. > > Say the data XML file is a list of items, for example: > > <items> > <item> > apple > </item> > <item> > orange > </item> > <item> > water melon > </item> > ... > </items> > > I want to be able to tell the XSLT to only process specific items (say > "apple" and "orange"). > > I've created a java.util.ArrayList and passed that to the transformer > using setParameter( "theList", theList ). In the XSLT, when I > use <xsl:value-of select="$theList" />, I'll get in the output [apple, > orange]. Fair enough. > > However, what I really want (I think) is to take the array and iterate > over it, calling a template for each item. Is this possible? > > From what I've managed to deduce from a lot of searching/reading is that > it's possible even to pass in a Java object and somehow get XSLT to access > that Java object. I'm not sure if that is overkill for what I want to do, > but I cannot even achieve processing a list of items one by one. > > > Thanks in advance, > > Bernard. >
