Re: Re: Does saxon:output do an HTTP POST? (Using XSLT

Saxon 7.1 provides an OutputURIResolver which works the same for output documents as the JAXP URIResolver works for input documents: it allows you to intercept the URI passed to xsl:result-document and send the document where you will.

Michael Kay
> 
> From: "Roger L. Costello" <costello@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 09:13:17 -0400
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: paul@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re:  Does saxon:output do an HTTP POST? (Using XSLT as a Web 
>  Services bridge)
> 
> "Roger L. Costello" wrote:
> > 
> > Can the SAXON:output element be used to send XML data to the Web 
> > service? In other words, does the SAXON:output element do an HTTP 
> > POST?  If so, we can use XSLT as a bridge between Web services...
> 
> I just did a test.  I created a Web service on my local machine which
> consumes XML.  I created a stylesheet that did SAXON:output to that
> service.  When I ran it SAXON gave me an error message, 
> 
> "Failed to create output file http://localhost:8080/servlet/sample"
> 
> xalan also bombed.  It gave me an error:
> 
>    java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
> 
> I am very disappointed.  This means that it's possible to input from a
> Web service (using document()), but it is not possible to output to a
> Web service.  In my mind, I see this as a major inconsistency between
> the input capability and the output capability.  Does anyone know of
> what is planned for XSLT 2.0?  I believe that there will be a built-in
> output element, correct?  Will it be able to do an HTTP POST to any
> consumer of XML (such as a Web service)?  /Roger
> 
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