Multiple XML documents in one XSL file as variables

[platinumplus000]

Does any XSLT expert know if there is a way to import xml data as a
parameter into an XSL stylesheet. I know you can import an XML file
using the document('file.xml') function but the data I get comes from a
web service and I would rather not write it to a file and then delete
after the transformation if I don't have to.

I found this example but it did not work for me:
http://www.zend.com/tips/tips.php?id=253&single=1

And I searched around and couldn't find any more examples of this.

-Derrick

[Martin Honnen]

pl*************@gmail.com wrote:

Does any XSLT expert know if there is a way to import xml data as a
parameter into an XSL stylesheet. I know you can import an XML file
using the document('file.xml') function but the data I get comes from a
web service and I would rather not write it to a file and then delete
after the transformation if I don't have to.

Well the document function load from a URI and not necessarily a static
file so I don't see any problem, if that web service exposes its service
with a HTTP URI then simply use e.g.
document('http://example.com/service?arg1=1&arg2=2')
and the XSLT processor will access the web service as needed.

--

Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Richard Tobin]

In article <45**********************@newsspool3.arcor-online.net>,
Martin Honnen <Ma***********@gmx.dewrote:

>Well the document function load from a URI and not necessarily a static
file so I don't see any problem, if that web service exposes its service
with a HTTP URI

So long as it works with GET rather than POST.

-- Richard
--
"Consideration shall be given to the need for as many as 32 characters
in some alphabets" - X3.4, 1963.

[platinumplus000]

Thanks using a HTTP URI works. I probably won't link directly to the
web service, instead I'll point to local a php page that'll serve up
the XML after doing some preprocessing.

I guess my assumption was right that there isn't a way to pass in XML
data as a parameter.

Thanks

Martin Honnen wrote:

pl*************@gmail.com wrote:

Does any XSLT expert know if there is a way to import xml data as a
parameter into an XSL stylesheet. I know you can import an XML file
using the document('file.xml') function but the data I get comes from a
web service and I would rather not write it to a file and then delete
after the transformation if I don't have to.

Well the document function load from a URI and not necessarily a static
file so I don't see any problem, if that web service exposes its service
with a HTTP URI then simply use e.g.
document('http://example.com/service?arg1=1&arg2=2')
and the XSLT processor will access the web service as needed.

--

Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Dimitre Novatchev]

I guess my assumption was right that there isn't a way to pass in XML

data as a parameter.

Of course, such assumption is wrong. Every XSLT processor has
(implementation-dependent) ways of passing external parameters to the
transformation.

Just read the respective documentation.

Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev

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Thanks using a HTTP URI works. I probably won't link directly to the
web service, instead I'll point to local a php page that'll serve up
the XML after doing some preprocessing.

I guess my assumption was right that there isn't a way to pass in XML
data as a parameter.

Thanks

Martin Honnen wrote:

>pl*************@gmail.com wrote:

Does any XSLT expert know if there is a way to import xml data as a
parameter into an XSL stylesheet. I know you can import an XML file
using the document('file.xml') function but the data I get comes from a
web service and I would rather not write it to a file and then delete
after the transformation if I don't have to.

Well the document function load from a URI and not necessarily a static
file so I don't see any problem, if that web service exposes its service
with a HTTP URI then simply use e.g.
document('http://example.com/service?arg1=1&arg2=2')
and the XSLT processor will access the web service as needed.

--

Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/