requestXML
requestXML($uri as String) → Document
Emulates an XMLHTTPRequest, effectively returning an XML document object.
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Arguments |
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$uri |
String |
The URI of the document to fetch |
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Result |
Document |
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Details
This method creates a placeholder for a document object that can be
used as an argument wherever a Document object is required by
an API method, such as transformToDocument(). The use of such a
placeholder allows Saxon-CE to determine whether to retrieve the document
synchonously or asynchronously, depending on the context in which it is
used.
Note: Typically, XML resources that are used as XSLT stylesheets are fetched synchronously, whilst those loaded as data are fetched asynchronously while the XSLT compiles.