Re: Converting <xml> StyleSheet param contents into a

Thanks for the reply, Michael!  The XSLT version is 1.0 and I'm using
Xalan v1.5 or v1.6 of the C/C++ for this specific application
solution.  I'm testing the raw transform itself  via JEdit using the
lastest build of the XSLT plugin for Xalan Java (not sure what version
that is).

However, I would like to avoid any disk i/o or uri specification for
this solution due to high message volume and fault tolerance.  Since I
recieve the xml filter specification within a Xerces Dom Document as
passed from a server I would like to  take the filter xml contents and
pass it into an existing stylesheet as xml contents
<Filter>....</Filter> itself.  This is all happening on the client
side in mememory and the only way that I can think of adhering to this
requirement is parsing the filtered xml node xml contents into an
existing stylesheet as a parameter.

Thoughts?

On 8/17/05, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The way you pass parameters to a stylesheet depends on the API of the XSLT
> processor that you are using. Many will allow you to pass a DOM Document
> node.
>
> If you're using Saxon from the command line, the parameter
> +Filter=filter.xml causes the file filter.xml to be parsed, and the
> resulting document (root) node becomes the value of the parameter.
>
> Another approach is to pass the URI as the stylesheet parameter, and then
> call document() from within the stylesheet.
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jacquo Johnson [mailto:genxgeek@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 17 August 2005 02:07
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject:  Converting <xml> StyleSheet param contents
> > into a node set?
> >
> > HI all, can somebody tell me how I can pass <xml> contents into a
> > stylesheet param and then convert that <xml> contents into a nodeset?
> >
> >
> > Stylesheet: ( Filter=<Node><Whatever/></Node> )
> > ...
> > <xsl:param name="Filter" select="string('NULL')" />
> >
> >    <xsl:copy-of select="$Filter"/>
> > ...
> > Output:
> >    &lt;Node&gt;&lt;Whatever/&gt;&lt;/Node&gt;
> >
> > However, I want to turn the xml contents above into a node set that I
> > can later use in the transform.  Is that possible (is there something
> > other than using CDATA)?
> >
> > Any information would be greatly appreciated.