Type of a value returned by a function can be specified using as attribute. In the xxx example implicit type handling is used. In the yyy example it is explicitly required that the return value must be integer and therefore the function output is transformed to integer.
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<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:my="myFunctions" xmlns:sch="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="2.0" exclude-result-prefixes="my sch"> <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/> <xsl:function name="my:return-number" as="sch:integer"> <aaa>10</aaa> </xsl:function> <xsl:function name="my:return-node"> <aaa>10</aaa> </xsl:function> <xsl:template match="/aaa"> <xxx> <xsl:copy-of select="my:return-node()"/> </xxx> <yyy> <xsl:copy-of select="my:return-number()"/> </yyy> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> |
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<xxx> <aaa>10</aaa> </xxx> <yyy>10</yyy> |
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