Re: [xsl] How to pass an XPath as a param and evaluate it?

Subject: Re: [xsl] How to pass an XPath as a param and evaluate it?
From: Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:35:42 +0100
Is there a function or syntax in XSLT 1 or 2 that will evaluate the XPath at run-time?


No, but there is in XSLT 3.0 (formerly known as XSLT 2.1). See


http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt-21/#element-evaluate

To use this in Saxon 9.3 you will need to activate XSLT 3.0 using -xsltversion:3.0

Come to think of it, I think that might require Saxon-EE. In Saxon-PE you might have to fall back to the saxon:evaluate() extension.

http://www.saxonica.com/documentation/extensions/functions/evaluate.xml

Michael Kay
Saxonica

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