Re: [xsl] Do you have a rock-solid function for fetching an XML document?

[Martin Honnen <Martin.Honnen@xxxxxx>]

Costello, Roger L. wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I need a function that fetches an XML document. The function takes two parameters:
>
> 1. The href (URL) to the desired XML document.
>
> 2. The document (root element) from which the href came from.

A document node and its root element are two different items in the 
XPath/XSLT data model.

> I need the function to be able to work no matter whether the href
>
> - references a file in the current folder, e.g., foo.xml
>
> - references a file in another folder, using a relative path, e.g., ../../../tmp/foo.xml
>
> - references a file in another folder, using an absolute path, e.g., c:/tmp/foo.xml

That is not a URL, it would need to be file:///c:/tmp/foo.xml

> - references a file on the network, e.g., http://www.example.org/foo.xml
>
> Do you have code for this function:
>
>      <xsl:function name="f:get-file" as="element()?">
>          <xsl:param name="href" as="xs:anyURI" />
>          <xsl:param name="document"  as="element()"/>

Doesn't
  <xsl:sequence select="document($href,$document)/*"/>
do what you want?

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