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Carlos
Carlos

Reputation: 1

xslt transformation, get data from referenced xml

I'm new here, I need help with a xslt transformation, in the source xml exists a reference to another xml, how can i access the data from external xml?, some like <xsl:value-of select="NewsItemRef/externaldata"/>, help me please.

xml containing reference to other xml.

<NewsComponent>
        <NewsLines>
          <HeadLine>some description</HeadLine>
        </NewsLines>
        <NewsItemRef NewsItem="ref_external.xml"/>
      </NewsComponent>

i want to get data from external xml referenced

Upvotes: 0

Views: 60

Answers (1)

Nils Werner
Nils Werner

Reputation: 36815

You can open external XML documents using the document() method:

<xsl:copy-of select="document(NewsItemRef/externaldata)"/>

Upvotes: 2

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