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Subject: RE: [xsl] Retrieve External String XML Data as Object From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 22:41:00 +0100 |
You write a URIResolver (under Java JAXP) or XmlResolver (under .NET) that intercepts the URI and returns an object that the XSLT processor can handle, for example (under JAXP) a StreamSource wrapping a StringReader that holds the lexical XML. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: John [mailto:john-xsl-list@xxxxxxxx] > Sent: 27 June 2005 21:09 > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [xsl] Retrieve External String XML Data as Object > > I have a data source that is only available through APIs, not through > URLs or files. I can represent this external data as XML, > but how can I > make this data available to my XSL? The document() function seems to > require the first parameter be an URL, and the node-set > extensions don't > seem to handle strings (at least not the Microsoft node-set > extensions). > > Where custom:GetData() basically returns some XML: > > return( "<root><node>some text</node></root>" ); > > I have tried: > > <xsl:variable name="extdata" select="msxsl:node-set( > custom:GetData())" /> > <xsl:value-of select="$extdata/root/node/text()" /> > > which gives 'cannot convert the operand to result tree fragment'. > > I have also tried: > > <xsl:variable name="extdata" select="document( custom:GetData())" /> > <xsl:value-of select="$extdata/root/node/text()" /> > > Which gives no output. Do I have to make the data URL-accessible, or > how can I get this XML into my XSLT as an object instead of a string? > Should I convert the string to some other type of object before > returning it to the XSL? Of course I would prefer to avoid > extensions > if possible. Hopefully there is something like document() > that works on > strings instead of URLs?
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