xslt - Is it possible to make xsl:template sensitive to the pushed-from node without using xsl:param? -

i'm pretty sure answer no, since alternative deem inelegant code, thought i'd throw out , see if i'm missing while hoping hasn't been asked.

given source xml:

<root>     <p>hello world</p>     <move elem="content" item="test"/>     <p>another text node.</p>     <content item="test">i can't <b>figure</b> out.</content> </root> 

i want result:

<root>     <block>hello world</block>     <newcontent>i can't <hmmm>figure</hmmm> out.</newcontent>     <block>another text node.</block> </root> 

an ordinary language description:

1. replace <move .../> result of processing element name matches move's @elem attribute , @item matches move's @item attribute (e.g., in case content of element [<content>] processed <b> replaced <hmm>).
2. prevent element step 1 being written out result tree in original document order

the problem input xml document considerably more complex , variable. , stylesheet third-party transform extending. template i'd have copy in order use mode-based solution pretty significant in size , seems inelegant me. know, example, work:

<xsl:template match="b">     <hmmm>         <xsl:apply-templates/>     </hmmm> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="p">     <block>         <xsl:apply-templates/>     </block> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="move">     <xsl:variable name="elem" select="@elem"/>     <xsl:variable name="item" select="@item"/>     <xsl:apply-templates select="//*[name()=$elem , @item=$item]" mode="copy-and-process"/> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="content"/> <xsl:template match="content" mode="copy-and-process">             <newcontent><xsl:apply-templates/></newcontent> </xsl:template> 

what have <xsl:template> matches "content" sensitive node pushes it. so, can have <xsl:template match="content"/> executed (and therefore matching node , children suppressed) when node pushed <root> , not <move>. virtue in if third-party stylesheet's relevant template updated, don't have worry updating copy of stylesheet processes <content> node. i'm pretty sure isn't possible, thought worth asking about.

simply do:

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/xsl/transform">  <xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="yes"/>  <xsl:key name="kmover" match="move" use="concat(@elem,'+',@item)"/>   <xsl:key name="ktomove" match="*" use="concat(name(),'+',@item)"/>  <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>   <xsl:template match="node()|@*">   <xsl:copy>    <xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/>   </xsl:copy>  </xsl:template>   <xsl:template match="move">   <newcontent>       <xsl:apply-templates mode="move" select=        "key('ktomove', concat(@elem,'+',@item))/node()"/>   </newcontent>  </xsl:template>   <xsl:template match="p">   <block><xsl:apply-templates/></block>  </xsl:template>   <xsl:template match="b" mode="move">   <hmmm><xsl:apply-templates/></hmmm>  </xsl:template>  <xsl:template match="*[key('kmover', concat(name(),'+',@item))]"/> </xsl:stylesheet> 

when transformation applied on provided xml document:

<root>     <p>hello world</p>     <move elem="content" item="test"/>     <p>another text node.</p>     <content item="test">i can't <b>figure</b> out.</content> </root> 

the wanted, correct result produced:

<root>    <block>hello world</block>    <newcontent>i can't <hmmm>figure</hmmm> out.</newcontent>    <block>another text node.</block> </root>