Saxon

Legacy ID: #3098504 Legacy Poster: Pavel Veller (pveller)

Michael, I faced one intresting issue when migrating from Saxon 7 to Saxon 8. The code below worked just fine <xsl:variable name="var" select="if (function-available('ex:some-expected-extension')) then ex:some-expected-extension($value) else $value"/> The idea is to provide a "core" stylesheet so the application developer could "derrive" from it (just import into a new stylesheet) and customize by declaring a number of "expected" extension functions. With Saxon 8 it failes with XPST0003: ... find a matching 1-argument function named {ex}:some-expected-extension. It's posisble to rewrite the code above with "use-when": <xsl:variable name="var"> <xsl:value-of use-when="function-available('..') = true()" select="ex:..."/> <xsl:value-of use-when="function-available('..') = false()" select="$value"/> </xsl:variable> But I wonder if "use-when" is the only way to keep the customization idea intact and fly with Saxon 8. I would appreciate any advice on the subject. Thanks in advance. Best Regards, Pavel Veller