Re: [xsl] can a function return an element of a nodeset

[Martin Honnen <Martin.Honnen@xxxxxx>]

Matthieu Ricaud-Dussarget wrote:

> I'm wondering if there is a way to make a function returning an element
> (or a kind of "pointer" to an element) of a another document.
> Something like :
>
> <xsl:function name="my:get-node" as="item()*">
> <xsl:param name="id"/>
> <xsl:copy-of select="document('foo.xml')/bar[@id='$id']"/>

   <xsl:sequence select="document('foo.xml')/bar[@id=$id]"/>
returns the node(s) itself(themselves), without copying.

> </xsl:function>
>
> The xsl:copy instruction will here copy the node wilthout his contexte,
> but I would like to be able to perform xpath test which need the context
> of this node within foo.xml, such as :
>
> <xsl:value-of select="count(my:get-node('123')/preceding-sibling::*)"/>
>
> I guess this is not possible, can someone confirm this ?

Well a document has a single root element that can't have any sibling 
elements so document(...)/bar can't have sibling elements but other than 
that I think you want to use xsl:sequence.


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