Get extern xml document represented by a string

HI ALL,


How can I get another xml document, represented by a string, to use in my
xslt?

I now that, if this document is in a file I could get using the function
"document", but this xml document is in a string.

What could I do?

I maked a simple example using the function document, but in my case I can't
use this function because I have the document "customer.xml" in a string.

(I am using the Xalan).


XML Document (main)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------
<orders>
   <order>
       <id>1</id>
       <customerid>2</customerid>
       <totalprice>143.89</totalprice>
   </order>
</orders>


XML Document (extern) - "customer.xml"
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------
<customers>
   <customer>
       <id>1</id>
       <name>Scott</name>
   </customer>
   <customer>
       <id>2</id>
       <name>Paul</name>
   </customer>
</customers>


XSLt Document
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------
<xsl:stylesheet ......>
<xsl:output method="html" encoding="ISO-8859-1"/>

<xsl:template match="orders">
    <xsl:text>ORDERS</xsl:text>
    <br/>
    <xsl:apply-templates match="order"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="order">
     <xsl:text>Order nº </xsl:text>
     <xsl:value-of select="id"/>
     <br/>

     <xsl:text>Customer Name: </xsl:text>
     <xsl:variable name="var_custid" select="customerid"/>
     <xsl:value-of
select="document('customer.xml')/customers/customer[id=$var_custid]/name"/>
     <br/>

     <xsl:text>Price: </xsl:text>
     <xsl:value-of select="price"/>
</xsl:template>

.....</xsl:stylesheet>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------


Thanks in advance!!!


Paulo Henrique Bermejo


Ps.: This is very important to end the my project.



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