It depends entirely on the implementation. Most implementations will only
load the document once. If they load it twice they are required to allocate
the same node identity the second time, so it's less work to keep it in
memory and avoid reloading it: but they could try to be clever and flush it
out if memory is in short supply...
Michael Kay
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From: 0 8 [mailto:0112358(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com]
Sent: 01 September 2004 18:32
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: [xsl] variable with document() reference
I really should know the answer to this, but I can't seem to
get a handle on it.
If I reference an external document in a variable, like...
<xsl:variable name="xln-source" select="document($file)" />
...and then need to loop through it, like...
<xsl:for-each
select="$xln-source//set[descendant::start/@xlink:href = $match]">
<!-- do something -->
</xsl:for-each>
...is the external document being loaded in the variable or it the
for-each call? I have a different for-each later requiring the same
document and I would like to load it only once.
I'm actually thinking that I may need to move this to keys anyways,
but it's bothering me that I can't answer this question.
Thanks,
-m
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