Re: [Exist-open] How can my XQuery doc find out its absolute location?

[Pierrick B. <pie...@cu...>]

Adam Retter wrote:

> It would be very easy for me to add a method to the context module to
> return this easily, as the baseURI is stored in the XQueryContext of th=
e
> executing XQuery.
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> Interested?

Of course, yes.

But I would first like a *consistent* naming scheme or a scheme that is=20
driven by system properties.

For example, just go to http://demo.exist-db.org/xquery/xquery.xq and tes=
t :

doc("/db/shakespeare/plays/macbeth.xml")
then
doc("/shakespeare/plays/macbeth.xml")

Both return the same document ! ... because eXist prepends the name of=20
the root collection.

Then, just test base-uri(), first on http://demo.exist-db.org, then on=20
your own machine through different protocols.

So, with broken base-uri() and inconsistent naming schemes, it is=20
difficult to use the very convenient java.net.URI class to implement a=20
robust access to resources.

Don't you think so ?

Cheers,

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Pierrick Brihaye, informaticien
Service r=E9gional de l'Inventaire / DRAC Bretagne
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