Re: [xslt] Using external resources

[Daniel Veillard <veillard redhat com>]

On Sat, Aug 04, 2007 at 12:17:16PM +0200, Mark Howe wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using LibXSLT for a web project via perl CPAN packages. At various 
> points I need to access external resources, eg databases, or do the sort 
> of calculations at which XSLT doesn't excel, eg crypting passwords. I'm 
> currently using the document() function to call local CGI scripts, which 
> works, but I was wondering what other options exist, specifically any 
> supported document() protocols other than http and any ways to link to 
> external scripts or libraries without recompiling LibXSLT. The answer 
> appears to be implementation-dependent in the XSLT 1.0 spec, and I 
> haven't found any LibXSLT documentation that addresses this sort of 
> issue. All information appreciated.

  Libxml2 at the C API has multiple ways to hook in the loading of
external resources. This is defined at the C level. I can't magically
guess how this is mapped at the Perl bindings level, but it's likely
to be found in XML::LibXML

Daniel

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