Get file name using xsl

xsltxslt-1.0

How can I get the file name using xsl 1.0?

I tried

<xsl:value-of select="base-uri()" />

but got "Fatal Error! Could not find function: base-uri"

Best Solution

base-uri() is a standard XPath 2.0 function, so when running XSLT 1.0 this function will be unavailable.

In XSLT 1.0 the filename (of what?) may be passed as a parameter for the transformation.

Do note that it isn't always possible to produce a filename for a stylesheet or for an XML document -- either or both may be residing in memory without an associated file.

It is not clear from the problem which filename must be produced.

Here is how to find filenames in XPath 2.0 / XSLT 2.0:

The filename of the current document:

 base-uri()

The filename of the current stylesheet module:

  base-uri(document(''))

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One solution that doesn't need the xxx:node-set() extension is the following:

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
 xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
 <xsl:output method="text"/>
 <!--                                           -->
    <xsl:variable name ="myVar">
        <RefData RefTag="test1" bbb="false" />
        <RefData RefTag="test2" bbb="false" />
        <RefData RefTag="test3" bbb="false" />
        <RefData RefTag="test4" bbb="true"  />
        <RefData RefTag="test5" bbb="false" />
        <RefData RefTag="test6" bbb="false" />
    </xsl:variable>
 <!--                                           -->
    <xsl:variable name="vrefVar" select=
     "document('')/*/xsl:variable[@name='myVar']"
     />
 <!--                                           -->
    <xsl:template match="/">
      <xsl:value-of select="$vrefVar/*[@RefTag='test3']/@bbb"/>
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

When the above transformation is applied on any XML document (not used), the wanted result is produced:

false

Do note the use of the XSLT document() function in order to access the required <xsl:variable> simply as an element in an xml document.

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In XSLT 2.0, there are two relevant functions: base-uri() and document-uri().

In XSLT 1.0, you have to pass the URL or filename as a parameter to the stylesheet, unless the processor offers extension functions for the purpose.

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