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Re: document() and node-list vs. tree fragment/


Michael,

As I recall, document() creates a node-set, but xsl:copy-of creates a 
Result Tree Fragment.

So you'd have something different if you said

<xsl:variable name="f2" select="document('testfile2.xml')"/>

(But didn't someone just suggest this?)

Cheers,
Wendell

At 03:34 PM 9/28/01, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have read (though maybe not understood) the w3c docs about copy-of and
>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, document() supposed to return a
>fragment or a node-set?


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