[xsl] Re: Transformations between different document types

[Garfield <xmlstar@xxxxxxxxx>]

If this is not the place to shoot these questions, please do advice me
where to post them ?

rgds,
Gar.


On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 20:35:06 +0530, Garfield <xmlstar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Forige me if I seem like a confused being - but yeah, some help on
> this would be real good.
> 
> I need to define XSL Transformations between different document types.
> Lets say one of them between an invoice and a po, another one between
> some RN and OAG documents, the list goes on.
> 
> I can do that, with some effort.
> 
> How do I expose a web service that can transform one doc to another.
> There could be a portType called transformPortType, that holds
> operations that have the following in and out parameters.
> There will be obviously one parameter that holds a reference to the
> XSL file [lets say in the form of a URL String]. It also takes in a
> Source Node. It would need to return the Document for the transformed
> result.
> 
> How would the WSDL for the web service look like ? Do I need to define
> separate operations for transformations on different document types,
> or have a single transformation operation that transforms from anyType
> to anyType ?
> What is the usual practice ?
> 
> Hope I have been clear enough in the Problem statement.
> 
> rgds,
> Garfield.