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[saxon] passing xml to xslt as a variable to use in xpath expression

From: John Smith <debrief@gm...> - 2007-09-24 11:17

Hello,

I need to use two xml files with an xslt but one of them is
dynamically created, and I like to pass this dynamically created xml
document to the xslt as a variable.

I have tested the scenario with the xslt referencing two static xml files as:

<xsl:variable name="rules" select="document('rules.xml')"/>
<xsl:variable name="dynamic" select="document('dynamic.xml')"/>

I use the variable names to reference each file in the various xpath
expressions.

However now that the xslt behaves as intended, I no longer want to
read the "dynamic" part from a file but through a java string which
dynamically changes.


Many thanks,
J

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Re: [saxon] passing xml to xslt as a variable to use in xpath expression

From: Michael Kay <mike@sa...> - 2007-09-24 11:32

You can simply pass the document as a parameter to the stylesheet:

<xsl:param name="dynamic" as="document-node()" required="yes"/>

then 

transformer.setParameter("dynamic", new StreamSource(new
StringReader(xmldoc)));

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/



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> xpath expression
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I need to use two xml files with an xslt but one of them is 
> dynamically created, and I like to pass this dynamically 
> created xml document to the xslt as a variable.
> 
> I have tested the scenario with the xslt referencing two 
> static xml files as:
> 
> <xsl:variable name="rules" select="document('rules.xml')"/> 
> <xsl:variable name="dynamic" select="document('dynamic.xml')"/>
> 
> I use the variable names to reference each file in the 
> various xpath expressions.
> 
> However now that the xslt behaves as intended, I no longer 
> want to read the "dynamic" part from a file but through a 
> java string which dynamically changes.
> 
> 
> Many thanks,
> J
> 
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