[mapserver-users] Map file xsl transformation and regular expressions

[Daniel Morissette]

Alan Boudreault wrote:
> Alexandre, you are right, if the expression is an regular expression, it 
> shouldn't be quoted. I think the only solution would be to add an attribute in 
> the xml schema, that will specify if the expression is an regular expression 
> of not. Something like:
> 
> <expression regex="ON"></expression>
> 

Since MapServer has three possible types of expressions, would it not be 
better to use a "type" attribute with three possible values, e.g.

<expression type="constant"></expression>
<expression type="regex"></expression>
<expression type="logical"></expression>

The default would be "constant", the only type that needs to be quoted. 
The logical expressions are enclosed inside (...) and should not be 
quoted either.

Daniel
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