This is the mail archive of the
xsl-list@mulberrytech.com
mailing list .
RE: document() and node-list vs. tree fragment/
- To: <xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com>
- Subject: RE: [xsl] document() and node-list vs. tree fragment/
- From: "Chris Bayes" <chris at bayes dot co dot uk>
- Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 22:11:35 +0100
- Reply-To: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
Thankyou Wendel,
I was sure that both me and Mike just replied to that one.
Ciao Chris
XML/XSL Portal
http://www.bayes.co.uk/xml
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com] On Behalf Of
> Wendell Piez
> Sent: 28 September 2001 21:41
> To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> Subject: Re: [xsl] 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?
>
>
> ======================================================================
> Wendell Piez mailto:wapiez@mulberrytech.com
> Mulberry Technologies, Inc. http://www.mulberrytech.com
> 17 West Jefferson Street Direct Phone: 301/315-9635
> Suite 207 Phone: 301/315-9631
> Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: 301/315-8285
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in SGML
> and XML
> ======================================================================
>
>
> XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
>
>
XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list