So if I have a sequence of maps, such as one gets from using collection()
with the metadata flag set in Saxon, and I want to serialize the result
just to see what is in there, I'd like to be able to use:
Demonstrated how to do this in pure XPath 7 years ago at the Balisage 2013
conference:
https://www.balisage.net/Proceedings/vol10/print/Novatchev01/BalisageVol10-Novatchev01.html#d240124e851
The slides are here:
https://www.balisage.net/Proceedings/vol10/author-pkg/Novatchev01/BalisageVol10-Novatchev01.html
HTH,
Dimtre
On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 6:03 PM Graydon graydon(_at_)marost(_dot_)ca <
xsl-list-service(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com> wrote:
So if I have a sequence of maps, such as one gets from using collection()
with the metadata flag set in Saxon, and I want to serialize the result
just to see what is in there, I'd like to be able to use:
<xsl:sequence select="$fileArchive !
map:for-each(.,function($k,$v){element{$k}{$v}})" />
This isn't allowed, because map:for-each() takes an XPath function, rather
than an XQuery function, so it hasn't got access to element constructors.
<xsl:for-each select="$fileArchive">
<xsl:variable as="map(*)" name="currentEntry" select="." />
<entry>
<xsl:for-each select="map:keys($currentEntry)[not(. eq 'fetch')]">
<xsl:element name="{.}">
<xsl:sequence select="$currentEntry(.)" />
</xsl:element>
</xsl:for-each>
</entry>
</xsl:for-each>
works fine, but I can't help but feel that it lacks elegance of
expression compared to the map:for-each() construction.
Allowing XQuery anonymous functions would be a large change, but at least
in the map serialization case[1] I have trouble thinking of a better
option. XQuery functions are at least already well-defined.
[1] I cannot tell you how much I want to be able to pass parameters to a
functioned returned from a map of function items and have that function
return elements for applying-a-style purposes, e.g.
<xsl:sequence
select="$stylesMap($styleTypeName)($stylePropertiesMap($styleName))" />
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