xslt 2.0 pass xml data to xsl:template by calling xsl:call-template

Question

I am trying to pass the xml data to a xslt template using xsl:with-param tag. This is the code:

template:

<xsl:template name="schedule">
    <xsl:param name="data" />
    <fo:block>
      <xsl:value-of select="$data" />
    </fo:block>
<xsl:template/>

Call the schedule template

<xsl:call-template name="schedule">
    <xsl:with-param name="data"> <xsl:value-of select="//root/scheduleData" /> </xsl:with-param>
<xsl:call-template>

//root/scheduleData -> this contains the xml data. The data received in schedule template is converted to string with only the data present in xml, even the xml tags are removed.

xml data:

<root>
   <tag1>567</tag1>
   <tag2>456</tag2>
   <scheduleData>
       <a>12</a>
       <b>34</b>
   </scheduleData>
   <scheduleData>
       <a>23</a>
       <b>45</b>
   </scheduleData>
   <scheduleData>
       <a>67</a>
       <b>89</b>
   </scheduleData>
</root>

data printed by this line - <xsl:value-of select="$data" /> is:

1234
2345
6789

Is it possible to send xml data to templates? if its not possible what is the alternate way to achieve this. Thanks for help!

Answer 1

The data received in schedule template is converted to string with only the data present in xml, even the xml tags are removed.

Yes, that's exactly what xsl:value-of does.

You want

   <xsl:with-param name="data" select="//root/scheduleData" />