Re: [xsl] Question about variable definition and types

["Andrew Welch" <andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 07/03/2008, Michael M|ller-Hillebrand <mmh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> So
>
>  <xsl:variable name="foo" as="document-node()">
>    <a/>
>    <b/>
>  </xsl:variable>
>
>  would be the equivalent of (identical to?) an un-typed variable and
>  allow siblings?

It would except that would cause an error because the content of the
variable (element()+) doesn't match the required type
(document-node()) so you need to manually create the document node:

<xsl:variable name="foo" as="document-node()">
  <xsl:document>
    <a/>
    <b/>
  </xsl:document>
</xsl:variable>

....which is quite verbose in comparison to just leaving off the as
attribute.


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