RE: including files

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Subject: RE: including files
From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 18:48:34 +0100

> 
> XHTML is an XML reformulation of HTML, and hence an XHTML 
> document is an XML document.  What do you mean by not having 
> a containing element?  Are you saying that the file does not 
> have a root <html> element?  If so, it sounds like your files 
> contain XML fragments, and there's no XSLT way to load those. 
>  You certainly could do so with an extension function.

Well, he could load them as external entities. I can't understand his
argument for not using that option.

Michael Kay
Software AG
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> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Dion
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nathan Shaw [mailto:n8_shaw@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 8:53 AM
> To: XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  including files
> 
> I am trying to find the best way to include static
> files (containing xhtml) into my XSLT. 
> 
> I first thought of using entities, but these include
> files have to be separate files, as they will be used
> by 3 different applications and entities used in an
> XSLT have to be declared locally in that XSLT correct?
> 
> Next, I thought of using document() and found from one
> of Jenni's excellent posts, a good way to do this.
> However, because the files I am including are not
> really XML, but xhtml (some of them do not have a
> containing element), I am running into problems there
> as well.
> 
> The only other solution that I cam across is to use a
> Java extension function to simply dump the contents of
> the external files into their respective places within
> the XSLT, but then the complexity of the app goes up 
> tremendously (for one of the apps, we would have a java app 
> calling an XSLT calling a java app, which is just a pain in the arse).
> 
> I guess I am looking for some advice or some words of
> wisdom from those who have crossed this bridge before
> me. I want to end up with a highly flexible, simple
> and elegant solution.
> 
> FYI, the include files are a 1) header 2) footer 3)
> left-hand nav and 4) top nav
> 
> TIA - Nate (I am a digester, so a cc to me with a
> direct reply to the list is appreciated!)
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including files
- Nathan Shaw - Tue, 9 Jul 2002 11:52:15 -0400 (EDT)
  - David Carlisle - Tue, 9 Jul 2002 13:25:05 -0400 (EDT)
  - Mike Brown - Tue, 9 Jul 2002 13:35:06 -0400 (EDT)
  - <Possible follow-ups>
  - Dion Houston - Tue, 9 Jul 2002 12:24:15 -0400 (EDT)
    - Michael Kay - Tue, 9 Jul 2002 13:45:45 -0400 (EDT) <=
  - Mike Brown - Tue, 9 Jul 2002 14:08:17 -0400 (EDT)
  - Andrew Welch - Wed, 10 Jul 2002 04:35:42 -0400 (EDT)
    - J.Pietschmann - Wed, 10 Jul 2002 16:02:33 -0400 (EDT)
  - Nathan Shaw - Wed, 10 Jul 2002 08:50:50 -0400 (EDT)

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