Re: Need to read a complete Folder with different XML

Claudia Smith wrote:

  Hi,

> I have a requirement to read the complete
folder which consist
> of different xml files and then use XSLT to work on
each file
> on the folder.  The structure of the xml for each file is the
>
same.

  The usual solutions are:

    1/ write your stylesheet to make one
transform and configure
       your processing environment to call it once per
file

    2/ pass all the files as document nodes in a param, and loop
over them in the stylesheet

    3/ pass all the files as file names (strings
or URIs) in a
       param, and loop over them in the stylesheet (using doc()
then processing each doc)

    4/ using an implementation-defined mechanism
like Saxon's
       globbing support for collection(), so you can write
something like: collection('dir?select=*.xml'), see
http://saxonica.com/documentation/sourcedocs/collections.xml

    5/ using
filesystem-related extension functions, like the
       EXPath File module,
see http://expath.org/spec/file

  The actual choice depends on what control
you have on your
calling environment and what extensions your processor
actually
supports.

  Regards,

-- 
Florent Georges
http://fgeorges.org/