RE: Using document() for multiple unknown input files

XSLT 2.0 provides a collection() function. The way that the argument URI
works is left to the implementation. In Saxon you can search a directory
using

collection("dir?select=*.xml;recurse=yes")

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Huditsch Roman [mailto:Roman.Huditsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 28 October 2005 07:55
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Using document() for multiple unknown input files
> 
> 
> Hi list,
> 
> I am sure that this question was risen in the past, too, 
> but I couldn't find any useful hint using the archive search.
> 
> My use case: I want to search a given string in all XML files 
> contained
> in a given directory.
> I don't know the amount and names of those XML files.
> I've done such a thing before by generating a directory 
> listing and then
> reading it by unparsed-text()
> followed by some analize-string instructions.
> Is there any way to provide a directory to the document() 
> function like
> document('./*.xml')?
> Or is there a simple and performant way to solve this use 
> case with pure
> XSLT?
> Thank you very much for your help!
> 
> all the best,
> Roman
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