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[xsl] What the default datatype of an stylesheet parameter ?

2011-11-24 14:19:23
Hi all,

When sending a parameter to the stylesheet( from command line with saxon for example), I thought it was always a string (which is a pitty when you need boolean parameter).

I made a simple test, sending "bar" to parameter foo :
<xsl:param name="foo"/>

I was really astonished to see that
$foo instance of xs:string
returns false()

I then typed the parameter :
<xsl:param name="foo" as="xs:string"/>
and got true()

What was the type of $foo before I casted it with as="xs:string" ?
Has it any type ...?

Thank for your lightening me :-)

Cheers,

Matthieu

PS : my bookmarks about that topic :
http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/rev2/datatypes.html
http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#built-in-datatypes

--
Matthieu Ricaud
IGS-CP
Service Livre numérique


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