Re: [docbook-apps] getting text from external xml file

[Marie Sauvage - EBM WebSourcing <marie.sauvage@ebmwebsourcing.com>]

Great it works !

I did this in the ant build file to pass the pom file to the fo.xsl (I manage several projects, my task is dynamic) :
    <property name="pom" value="${basedir}/../${project.dir}/pom.xml" />
    <xslt basedir="${basedir}" style="${style.file}"
          in="tmpfile" out="${output}" extension="${extension}">
      <param name="pomfile" expression="${pom}" />
      [...]

Then, in my fo.xsl I add this to create the param :
  <xsl:param name="pomfile"></xsl:param>

and get the version in it as you said :
<xsl:value-of select="document($pomfile)/ms:project/ms:version"/>

thank you very much for your precious help !

Marie.

Dave Pawson a écrit :

Marie Sauvage - EBM WebSourcing wrote:

To pass it as a parameter would be easy for me, as I get it in my ant script before to call the generation !
How can I pass it as a parameter ?

From the command line,

saxon inputFile.xml stylesheet.xsl date=2007-07031

But can you tell me more about the xpath solution ? or maybe give me a link to where to find doc about it ?
I think it could be better to have it directly in the stylesheet.

With the input file
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <name>My Project</name>
    <artifactId>my-project</artifactId>
    <groupId>my.group</groupId>
    *<version>1.5</version>*

xmlns:ms="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"

It would be

<xsl:value-of select="document('x.xml')/ms:project/ms:version"/>
if you wanted version
or
<xsl:value-of select="document('x.xml')/ms:project/ms:ModelVersion"/>

to get 4.0.0



regards