Re: [xsl] [XSLT 1.0] Avenues for content to enter and exit an XSLT transform?

[Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx>]

> 3. The XML content obtained using the <xsl:input> and <xsl:include>
elements.\

I have never seen <xsl:input> in any XSLT specification. What is this?


> Are there any other avenues for content to enter an XSLT transform?

Any documents or document-fragments passed into global <xsl:param> elements.

in XPath 2.0:

fn:doc()
fn:collection()
fn:unparsed-text()

If these can be considered "content:

fn:current-dateTime()
fn:current-date()
fn:current-time()

In XSLT 2.1:

unparsed-text-lines()

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> There are several avenues for content to exit an XSLT transform:
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> 1. The output document that is specified when the XSLT processor is
invoked.
>
> 2. The content that is output using extension functions, such as
saxon:output and xalan:write.
>
> Are there any other avenues for content to exit an XSLT transform?


This question is incorrect. I think what you're asking is:

   "Are there any other ways for an XSLT transformation to produce
useful results?"

And the answer is yes:

the output of any <xsl:message> instruction.

the parameters that the transformation passes to any called extension
function. Some time ago I had the occasion to write a transformation
that didn't produce any output, but was calling extension function and
passing to them the useful results of the transformation.

If this can be considered "content":
the side effects of calling any extension function.


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> /Roger
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