xsltsaxonxslt-3.0xpath-3.0

Can a function defined by xsl:function substitute for an xpath 3.0 inline function?


I was playing with this example in the xpath 3.0 spec:

fn:fold-left(function($a, $b) { $a + $b }, 0, 1 to 5)

I tried to substitute the inline function with a function defined by xsl:function.

<xsl:function name="ki:plus" as="xs:integer*">
<xsl:param name="a" as="xs:integer*">
<xsl:param name="b" as="xs:integer">

    <xsl:value-of select="$a + $b">

</xsl:function>

But got the error that "first parameter of fold-left can't be an empty sequence.

Am I doing something wrong or is this not possible?

Thanks in advance.


Solution

  • Here is a correct example:

    <xsl:stylesheet version="3.0"
      xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
      xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
      xmlns:my="my:my">
      <xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="yes"/>
    
      <xsl:template match="/">
        <xsl:sequence select=
          "fold-left(my:add#2, 0, 1 to 5)
          "/>
      </xsl:template>
    
      <xsl:function name="my:add" as="xs:integer">
        <xsl:param name="arg1" as="xs:integer"/>
        <xsl:param name="arg2" as="xs:integer"/>
    
        <xsl:sequence select="$arg1 + $arg2"/>
      </xsl:function>
    </xsl:stylesheet>
    

    when applied on any XML document (not used), the wanted, correct result is produced:

    15