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Subject: RE: [xsl] which is more effiecient and fast doc() or collection()
From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:00:20 +0100

> So the processor I have is a dual core 2.00Ghz Intel chip and 
> 2GB Ram. Not bad for a laptop.

I meant the XSLT processor, not the hardware. If you write the same XSLT
code in two different ways, one may be faster on one XSLT processor while
the other is faster on the other XSLT processor.

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

> 
> Marijan (Mario) Madunic
> 
> Quoting Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> > Efficiency and speed depend entirely on the processor you 
> are using: 
> > as always, the rule is to try some experiments that are 
> representative 
> > of your particular situation.
> > 
> > I would have thought collection() was more convenient here, 
> but doc() 
> > more portable.
> > 
> > Michael Kay
> > http://www.saxonica.com/
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Mario Madunic [mailto:hajduk@xxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 26 June 2008 14:52
> > > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [xsl] which is more effiecient and fast doc() or 
> > > collection()
> > > 
> > > Working on converting an XSD to SVG (will hopefully look like 
> > > TURBOXML's lovely view). I'm mainly using doc() with a regex to 
> > > parse the various directories of XSD files. Since the XSD 
> is built 
> > > modularly and each element in its own file (I personally 
> do not like 
> > > reading XSDs or XSLTs (for that
> > > matter) in one large file and have to scroll up and down to make 
> > > sense of it all, but that is another
> > > discussion) meaning there are a lot of files. So before I test it 
> > > out and spend time on switching from doc() to
> > > collection() I was hoping for some feedback. 
> > > 
> > > Which is the better method? Which is faster or more efficient?
> > > 
> > > Marijan (Mario) Madunic


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