1. XSL 3.0 Showcase: New concepts for XSL used in OU Campus
CORY MADDEN| OMNIUPDATE

2. Agenda expand-text Function Chaining Concatenation Shorthand Hands-on
xsl:mode
idiv

3. expand-text May appear on any element in the XSL Only valid in XSL 3.0
Value can be “yes” or “no”
Determines whether nodes below it will be treated similar to xsl:value-of
Be careful when trying to output CSS / JavaScript when expand-text is set to “yes”

4. expand-text Examples
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5. Function Chaining Known as arrow operator Only valid in XSL 3.0
Using this will apply the function to the value of an expression, using the value as the first argument to the function
Helps you stay organized with parentheses

6. Function Chaining Example
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7. Concatenation Shorthand
A way to ”shorten” your concatenation statements
Only valid in XSL 3.0
Good to use for short concatenation but sometimes is better to use the concat()
Does cause confusion because it is “ || “ which is “or” in other programming languages

8. Concatenation Shorthand Example
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9. Hands-on
Look in the /workshop-xsl-showcase/ folder in your given sandbox

10. xsl:mode
A mode is a way to separate xsl:template-matches during xsl:apply-templates
Only valid in XSL 3.0
Allows for easy way to define different modes
Different types of copy effects
We primarily use “shallow-copy” option
Old way for defining modes was a bit complicated
New way is one line!

11. xsl:mode Example
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12. idiv Stands for integer division Valid in XSL 3.0 and XSL 2.0
Great way to wrap every X element with wrapping HTML
Shorthand for floor(Y div X)

13. idiv Example 0 idiv 4 = 0 1 idiv 4 = 0 2 idiv 4 = 0 3 idiv 4 = 0
etc...

14. Hands-on
Look in the /workshop-xsl-showcase/ folder in your given sandbox

15. Questions & Answers

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