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document() and node-list vs. tree fragment
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- Subject: [xsl] document() and node-list vs. tree fragment
- From: Michael Case <mecase at ucdavis dot edu>
- Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 09:23:51 -0700
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Hello,
I tried to understand the w3c docs about copy-of and I see no reason why this
should not work. Any help?
On Linux Xalan C++ v 1.1 I can use
<xsl:variable name="f2">
<xsl:copy-of select="document('testfile2.xml')"/>
</xsl:variable>
and later
<xsl:apply-templates select="$f2"/>
to merge xml files or extract-merge from a series of files.
BUT xalan-j_2_2_D10 on DOS and Xalan C++ v 1.2.0 both reject it.
(Location of error unknown)XSLT Error (org.apache.xpath.XPathException): Can not
convert #RTREEFRAG to a NodeList!
Does "Can not convert..." indicate a rule or indicate a failure in the xalan-j
implemenation? In other words, does xsl or xpath document() return a fragment or
a nodelist, and did this decision just kill my script?
Thanks in advance.
Michael Case
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