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

I was wondering about (almost) the same thing... The difference being that I
would expect PUT rather than POST...

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Roger L.
> Costello
> Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 10:07 PM
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> Cc: paul@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Does saxon:output do an HTTP POST? (Using XSLT as a Web
> Services bridge)
>
>
> Several weeks ago I discovered (with help from folks here) that the
> document() function could be used to access dynamically generated XML
> data (such as from a Web service) as well as static XML data.  Most
> cool!
>
> Thus, the document() function may be used for inputting Web service
> data.  Now, I would like to consider using XSLT to output to a Web
> service.  SAXON and XALAN both have an extension element for outputting
> to other files.  Suppose that I have a Web service which consumes XML.
> That is, you send an XML document as the payload of an HTTP POST.  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:
>
>     -----------------                          ----------------
>     |               |                          |               |
>     | Web Service 1 |                          | Web Service 2 |
>     |               |                          |               |
>     -----------------                          -----------------
>            |                                           ^
>            |                                           |
>            |                ----------------           |
>            |                |              |           |
>            ---------------->|    XSLT      |------------
>                             |              |
>                             ----------------
>
> Now that would be ultra cool!  /Roger
>
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