Re: [xsl] Using document() for multiple unknown input files

[Robert Koberg <rob@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Huditsch Roman wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I am sure that this question was risen in the past, too, 
> but I couldn't find any useful hint using the archive search.
>
> My use case: I want to search a given string in all XML files contained
> in a given directory.
> I don't know the amount and names of those XML files.
> I've done such a thing before by generating a directory listing and then
> reading it by unparsed-text()
> followed by some analize-string instructions.
> Is there any way to provide a directory to the document() function like
> document('./*.xml')?
> Or is there a simple and performant way to solve this use case with pure
> XSLT?

I would use Apache's Lucene (http://lucene.apache.org/) to index the XML 
(indexing the content you want to be searched and the file path). Then 
use the document function to send the search query to a custom 
URIResolver. The resolver performs the search and either returns the XML 
you need or references to the files that match.

best,
-Rob