xslt2

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Module

The xslt2 accessor is exported by the urn:org:ten60:netkernel:ext:xquery module. Import this module to gain access to the accessor.

Syntax

URI

active:xslt2

Argument	Rules	Description
operator	Mandatory	a document containng the xslt transform
operand	Mandatory	a document to be transformed
param1	Optional	an optional param doc
paramN	Optional	an optional param doc

Example Usage

DPML

<instr>
  <type>xslt2</type>
  <operand>mydoc.xml</operand>
  <operator>mytransform.xsl</operator>
  <target>this:response</target>
</instr>

NetKernel Foundation API

req=context.createSubRequest("active:xslt2");
req.addArgument("operator", [resource representation, aspect, or URI] );
req.addArgument("operand", [resource representation, aspect, or URI] );
result=context.issueSubRequest(req);

Purpose

The xslt2 accessor performs XSLT v2.0 tranformations. It is based on Michael Kay's Saxon engine which is compatible with the W3C draft of the XSLT 2.0 specification. XSLT 2.0 offers many enhancements, perhaps the most important are the new functions of XPath 2.0

The xslt2 accessor's operational syntax and parameter passing is the same as for the xslt accessor. As with the xslt accessor, transforms are compiled and cached for optimum performance.

Note: With XSLT 2.0 it is possible to generate multiple output documents - outputs with relative URIs will be resolved with respect to the current working URI, usually this is a ffcpl: path which means the output resource will be located in the current module's scratch directory.