How to do a second transform on the output of an XSLT template

Question

I have only basic XSLT skills so apologies if this is either basic or impossible.

I have a paginator template which is used everywhere on the site I\'m looking at. T

Answer 1

Here is a complete example how multi-pass processing can be done with XSLT 1.0:

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
 xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
 xmlns:ext="http://exslt.org/common">
 <xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="yes"/>
 <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>

 <xsl:template match="node()|@*">
     <xsl:copy>
       <xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/>
     </xsl:copy>
 </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="node()|@*" mode="mPass2">
     <xsl:copy>
       <xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*" mode="mPass2"/>
     </xsl:copy>
 </xsl:template>

 <xsl:template match="/">
  <xsl:variable name="vrtfPass1Result">
   <xsl:apply-templates/>
  </xsl:variable>

  <xsl:apply-templates mode="mPass2"
      select="ext:node-set($vrtfPass1Result)/*"/>
 </xsl:template>

 <xsl:template match="num/text()">
  <xsl:value-of select="2*."/>
 </xsl:template>

 <xsl:template match="/*" mode="mPass2">
  <xsl:copy>
    <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
    <xsl:apply-templates mode="mPass2"/>
  </xsl:copy>
 </xsl:template>

 <xsl:template match="num/text()" mode="mPass2">
  <xsl:value-of select="3 + ."/>
 </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

when this transformation is applied on the following XML document:

<nums>
  <num>01</num>
  <num>02</num>
  <num>03</num>
  <num>04</num>
  <num>05</num>
  <num>06</num>
  <num>07</num>
  <num>08</num>
  <num>09</num>
  <num>10</num>
</nums>

the wanted result (each num is multiplied by 2 and in the next pass 3 is added to each num) is produced:

<nums>
   <num>5</num>
   <num>7</num>
   <num>9</num>
   <num>11</num>
   <num>13</num>
   <num>15</num>
   <num>17</num>
   <num>19</num>
   <num>21</num>
   <num>23</num>
</nums>

Answer 2

It's possible in XSLT 2; you can store data in a variable and call apply-templates on that.

Basic example:

<xsl:variable name="MyVar">
   <xsl:element name="Elem"/> <!-- Or anything that creates some output -->
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:apply-templates select="$MyVar"/>

And somewhere in your stylesheet have a template that matches Elem. You can also use a separate mode to keep a clear distinction between the two phases (building the variable and processing it), especially when both phases use templates that match the same nodes.