xml-dev - RE: Deprecating XSLT templates

[Evan Lenz <elenz@xyzfind.com>]

I'm trying to figure out what you mean.  If you provide an example with your
reference to <xsl:message>, perhaps some of us can get an idea of what
you're getting at.

Are you talking about deprecating *particular* template rules in a
stylesheet?  "Deprecation" doesn't really make much sense here, because
we're not talking about an API, as in "You're discouraged from using this
template rule".  It's up to the stylesheet processor which template rules to
apply.

Perhaps you wish to override a particular template rule?  This can be done
using <xsl:import>, where the importing stylesheet template rules override
otherwise matching rules in the imported stylesheet.  This might be compared
to inheritance in Java, except that multiple inheritance is also supported,
since you can import from more than one stylesheet (although we normally
don't consider importing stylesheets to have an "is-a" relationship with
imported stylesheets; "home.xsl is a page.xsl and is a navbar.xsl, etc.").
Somehow, I don't think that's what you're after either.

Perhaps you're interested in "deprecating" entire stylesheets, which at
least would make more sense from the perspective of an API.  When I compile
something in Java, it may give me a message saying "this method has been
deprecated".  In that sense, I suppose that <xsl:message> would be the
appropriate route, except that I wonder why that stylesheet still exists,
why you're calling it, or why you wouldn't want it anymore.

Please give more details!  What's the issue that made you raise this
question?

Thanks,

Evan Lenz
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From: xml-dev-errors@lists.xml.org
[mailto:xml-dev-errors@lists.xml.org]On Behalf Of Tim McCune
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 11:49 AM
To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
Subject: RE: Deprecating XSLT templates


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The same way you would deprecate a method in Java.  Sorry, I didn't
consider the non-programmers here.

- -----Original Message-----
From: Peter S. Housel [mailto:housel@home.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 12:12 PM
To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
Subject: Re: Deprecating XSLT templates


Tim McCune <timm@channelpoint.com> wrote:
> The subject line sort of says it all.  Has anyone given any thought
> to this?  The only thing we've come up with so far is sticking some
> <xsl:message>s in them.

I can't make heads or tails out of the subject line.  Do you want to
"express disapproval of", "play down", or "disparage" XSLT templates?
 Are
you trying to compute your income taxes, and need to "lower their
price or
estimated value"?

Cheers,
- -Peter S. Housel-   housel@acm.org   http://members.home.com/housel/


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