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Using saxon:stream() with saxon:iterate

In the examples given above, saxon:stream() is used to select a sequence of element nodes from the source document, and each of these nodes is then processed independently. In cases where the processing of one node depends in some way on previous nodes, it is possible to use saxon:stream() in conjunction with the saxon:iterate extension element in XSLT. (For details see saxon:iterate.)

The following example takes a sequence of <transaction> elements in an input document, each one containing the value of a debit or credit from an account. As output it copies the transaction elements, adding a current balance. 


      <saxon:iterate select="saxon:stream(doc('transactions.xml')/account/transaction)">
        <xsl:param name="balance" as="xs:decimal" select="0.00"/>
        <xsl:variable name="new-balance" as="xs:decimal" select="$balance + xs:decimal(@value)"/>
        <transaction balance="{$new-balance}">
           <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
        </transaction>
        <saxon:continue>
          <xsl:with-param name="balance" select="$new-balance"/>
        </saxon:continue>
      </saxon:iterate>

The following example is similar: this time it copies the account number (contained in a separate element at the start of the file) into each transaction element: 


      <saxon:iterate select="saxon:stream(doc('transactions.xml')/account/(account-number|transaction))">
        <xsl:param name="accountNr"/>
        <xsl:choose>
           <xsl:when test="self::account-number">
             <saxon:continue>
                <xsl:with-param name="accountNr" select="string(.)"/>
             </saxon:continue>
           </xsl:when>
           <xsl:otherwise>
             <transaction account-number="{$accountNr}">
               <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
             </transaction>
           </xsl:otherwise>
        </xsl:choose>
      </saxon:iterate>

Here is a more complex example, one that groups adjacent transaction elements having the same date attribute. The two loop parameters are the current grouping key and the current date. The contents of a group are accumulated in a variable until the date changes. 


      <saxon:iterate select="saxon:stream(doc('transactions.xml')/account/transaction)">
      <xsl:param name="group" as="element(transaction)*" select="()"/>
      <xsl:param name="currentDate" as="xs:date?" select="()"/>
        <xsl:choose>
          <xsl:when test="xs:date(@date) eq $currentDate or empty($group)">
            <saxon:continue>
              <xsl:with-param name="currentDate" select="@date"/>
              <xsl:with-param name="group" select="($group, .)"/>
            </saxon:continue>
          </xsl:when>
          <xsl:otherwise>
            <daily-transactions date="{$currentDate}">
              <xsl:copy-of select="$group"/>
            </daily-transactions>
            <saxon:continue>
              <xsl:with-param name="group" select="."/>
              <xsl:with-param name="currentDate" select="@date"/>
            </saxon:continue>            
          </xsl:otherwise>
        </xsl:choose>
        <saxon:finally>
          <final-daily-transactions date="{$currentDate}">
            <xsl:copy-of select="$group"/>
          </final-daily-transactions>
        </saxon:finally>        
      </saxon:iterate>

Note that when a saxon:iterate loop is terminated using saxon:break, parsing of the source document will be abandoned. This provides a convenient way to read data near the start of a large file without incurring the cost of reading the entire file.

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