RE: [XQuery] context for execution of imported functions

> I would have a question related to imported functions & variables: 
> are they executed using the static context of the imported 
> module or with the context of the importing module ?

Each module has its own static context. The static context for a function is
determined by the module it appears in.
> 
> [XQ-20041029]4.11. "....Each module has its own static 
> context. A module import imports only functions and variable 
> declarations; it does not import other objects from the 
> imported modules, such as in-scope schema definitions or 
> statically known namespaces. Module imports are not 
> transitive-that is, importing a module provides access only 
> to function and variable declarations contained directly in 
> the imported module....." 
> 
> This makes clear that there is no access to indirectly 
> imported functions, vars & type declarations. What about 
> using them in a function body, or variable initializing expression?

If A imports B and B imports C, then things that are statically within A can
reference things in B but not things in C. The things in B that A imports
can of course contain references to C.
> 
> Example: 
> In order to use function a:A() in the main module is it 
> enough to import the library "a"? or the library "b" has to 
> be imported as well in the main module?

The main module doesn't reference anything in B so it doesn't need to import
it.

Michael Kay

> 
> 
> (:  library module a  :)
> module namespace a="a";
> import module b="b";
> declare function a:A()
> {
>     'evaluated A()',
>     b:B()
> }
> 
> (:==================:)
> (:  library module b :)
> module namespace b="b";
> declare function b:B()
> {
>    'evaluated B()'
> }
> (:==================:)
> 
> 
> (:===main module====:)
> import module a="a";
> a:A();
> 
> Similar question for imported variables.
> 
> 
> Best regards
> Botond
> 
> 
> ... Botond Biró
> ... Software Engineer
> ... Altova GmbH
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Received on Wednesday, 10 November 2004 21:27:04 UTC