"Andrew" == Andrew Welch <ajwelch(_at_)piper-group(_dot_)com> writes:
Andrew> Is there any way in xslt 2.0 to convert a string to a
Andrew> node-set that is passed in as a parameter?
Andrew> That is, I would like the calling application to be able
Andrew> to pass in the string "<foo><bar/></foo>" and then operate
Andrew> on that string as if it were a node-set. I want to
Andrew> convert the string inside the stylesheet, not force the
Andrew> calling application to create the nodeset.
Andrew> I believe I need to specify type string on the parameter
Andrew> that receives the string, and then perform another
Andrew> operation on that. I'm sure I'm missing something obvious
Andrew> here...
Andrew, this is not defined by XSLT 2.0, so it depends upon the
processor.
If your processor allows you to pass XPath expressions as parameter
values, then you could pass something like:
document ("string:<foo><bar/></foo>")
assuming that the URI resolver can handle a URI scheme of string
meaning an inline document
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Colin Paul Adams
Preston Lancashire