Re: [xsl] Can code in XSLT 3 check whether it is dealing with a streamed or a grounded node?

["Michael Kay mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good question, and I suspect the answer is no.

If you "try/catch" something that would fail on a streamed node, the chances
are you'll get a static error saying the code isn't streamable.

Michael Kay
Saxonica

> On 12 Sep 2020, at 10:01, Martin Honnen martin.honnen@xxxxxx
<xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> I wonder whether, in XSLT 3 with (the option of) streaming, a function
> or template can check/introspect if it is dealing with a streamed node
> or a grounded node.
>
> For instance, depending on how an XSLT stylesheet is executed the
> initial match selection might be streamed (e.g. StreamSource in
> Java/Saxon API) or grounded (XdmNode in Java/Saxon API), can the
> stylesheet code check whether it is dealing with a streamed or with a
> grounded node?