Re: xml context for p:filter

On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 1:50 PM,  <Toman_Vojtech@emc.com> wrote:
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: public-xml-processing-model-comments-request@w3.org
>> [mailto:public-xml-processing-model-comments-request@w3.org]
>> On Behalf Of James Fuller
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 1:25 PM
>> To: public-xml-processing-model-comments@w3.org
>> Subject: xml context for p:filter
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>> to quote the p:filter definition in the latest editors draft
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>> --------------------
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>> The p:filter step selects portions of the source document based on a
>> (possibly dynamically constructed) XPath select expression.
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>> <p:declare-step type="p:filter">
>>      <p:input port="source"/>
>>      <p:output port="result" sequence="true"/>
>>      <p:option name="select" required="true"/>
>> <!-- XPathExpression -->
>> </p:declare-step>
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>> This step behaves just like an p:input with a select expression except
>> that the select expression is computed dynamically.
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>> --------------------
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>> if the select expression is computed e.g.
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>> <p:option name="select"
>> required="fn:concat(a/text(),b/text(),//c/text())"/>
>>
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> You can't use XPath expressions in the value of "required" in step

yes, sorry that was a typo

> daclarations. The only possible values are true|false.
> As for the context for computing the select expression, I think the same
> rules as for other options apply (see spec, sections 5.7.2 and 5.7.2).

should be something like

<p:with-option name="select" select="fn:concat(a/text(),b/text(),//c/text())"/>

and yes I agree that options handling applies

J

Received on Wednesday, 9 July 2008 11:54:06 UTC