expath-file:read-text

Reads the contents of a file as a string.

read-text($file as xs:string) ➔ xs:string

Arguments
	$file	xs:string	The file to be read
Result		xs:string

read-text($file as xs:string, $encoding as xs:string) ➔ xs:string

Arguments
	$file	xs:string	The file to be read
	$encoding	xs:string	Character encoding
Result		xs:string

Details

Namespace: http://expath.org/ns/file

Notes on the Saxon implementation

Implemented since Saxon 9.5; available whether or not support for XPath 3.0 is enabled