Re: XSL make .JSP call?

"Bruso, John" <jbruso@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Can an XSL style sheet make a .jsp call?
>
> If so, how?

  <xsl:variable name="resultofjsp" select="document('http://mysite/some.jsp')"/>

for that to work however the jsp should produce well-formed XML and
that isn't always the case.


> I have an XSL document that renders from XML, but I need to include a
> file in the document. It's a complex javascript file. I'm using script
> src="{$themePath}/webtrends/sdc.js" type="text/javascript"><xsl:text>
> </xsl:text></script> right now, but it has to execute on the client, and
> is really slow. I thought if I could include the file in some other way,
> say JSP, I could improve the performance.

You could a DTD include, that's client side.

Or include some JS that executes client side to make an AJAX call and
then insert the result DOM into the page DOM.


Nic Ferrier
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