Re: [xsl] Use of xsl:document

["tom tom" <tomxsllist@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry I called it a function by mistake, I meant the xsl:document element 
and I was actually thinking something along the lines of:

<xsl:variable name="Xml" as="document-node()">
<xsl:document>
<xsl:sequence select="document('file.xml')"/>
</xsl:document>
</xsl:variable>

I think you've answered this with your second point.


> From: David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [xsl] Use of xsl:document
> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:58:38 +0100
>
> > Should I be using the xsl:document function instead?
> there is no _function_ called xsl:document.
> there is an xsl:document element (instruction). this has a different
> function it _generates_ a document node rather than selecting one.
> So the relationship between
> select="document(...) and <xsl:document is like teh relationship between
> select="abc" and <xsl:element  name="abc"
> one selects existing nodes from input documents, the other generates new
> nodes.
>
> > Is there any use for the xsl:document function other than the fact it 
> allows
> > validation?
>
> Not a lot as (for XSLT1 compatibility) a document node is implictly
> generated whenever you use xsl:variable with content (and no as
> attribute) so there are not many times that you need to explictly
> generate a document node with xsl:document.
>
> David
>
>
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