Subject: Re: [xsl] XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators Version 1.0 From: Jim Melton <jim.melton@xxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 13:23:07 -0600 |
Thanks again, Jim
Jim,
I had a thought while reading the document last night. You've created a matrix of casting functions, and I wonder if this is by itself necessarily a good idea. Casting of any sort seems to be a larger issue than just functional mapping, especially with schema in the mix -- if I create a data type that is a restricted version of a base type, then the casting functions that you have would still not make it possible for me to cast to the restricted type, only to its base type parent. I'm wondering if it might be more efficacious to create a generalized casting function as follows:
rslt=cast(expression,typeName[,schemaURL[,schemaMap]]), where expression is what is to be case, typeName is the desired cast type, schemaURL would be the location of the schema that the expression casts to, and schemaMap was an optional stylesheet to handle the casting. If the cast can't be determined (it's either ambiguous or out of range), then the function would raise an error. The most contentious part would probably by the schemaMap, but its the only real way I can see out of handling complex data-type casting.
This or something like this may actually be in the spec (its a big spec) but just my two cents worth.
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