Pursuant to this same question about sending Element variables, is there a way to verify from XQuery or MarkLogic that the variable I've created is in fact an Element and not a String? From the feedback above it's unclear if I can trust xdmp:type or getValueType.
Thanks, Dave On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 1:59 PM, Dave Liepmann <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 3:35 PM, David Lee <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> You need to use ValueFactory.newElement to create Elements, it will not >> be done for you in this method. >> >> > Right, that was what I expected too! :) But when I pass a pre-created > Element (such as the result of your above code) to setNewVariable, I get > an IllegalArgumentException: "String, org.w3c.dom.Element or InputStream > value required to construct element()". That message makes me suspect it is > passing the buck to newElement > <https://docs.marklogic.com/javadoc/xcc/com/marklogic/xcc/ValueFactory.html#newElement(java.lang.Object)> > . > > In contrast, setNewVariable accepts your `is` InputString variable, giving > me the same results as when I passed a String, including the > getValueType report that the variable is of type "element()". Using > setVariable also gives me identical results in XQuery and getValueType. >
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