Question

My xsl has a parameter

<xsl:param name="halfPath" select="'halfPath'"/>

I want to use it inside match

<xsl:template match="Element[@at1='value1' and not(@at2='{$halfPath}/another/half/of/the/path')]"/>

But this doesn’t work. I guess a can not use parameters inside ”. How to fix/workaround that?

Answer 1

Well, you could use a conditional instruction inside the template:

<xsl:template match="Element[@at1='value1']">
  <xsl:if test="not(@at2=concat($halfPath,'/another/half/of/the/path'))">
    .. do something
  </xsl:if>
</xsl:template>

You just need to be aware that this template will handle all elements that satisfy the first condition. If you have a different template that handles elements that match the first, but not the second, then use an <xsl:choose>, and put the other template’s body in the <xsl:otherwise> block.

Or, XSLT2 can handle it as is if you can switch to an XSLT2 processor.