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- From: Clark Evans <clark.evans@manhattanproject.com>
- To: Michael.Kay@icl.com
- Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 15:58:24 +0000
Michael.Kay@icl.com wrote:
> > How do I build a table of contents that is output BEFORE the document
> > without reading the whole input before I start to output?
> You can't, and that isn't my objective. What you can do, and what I
> currently do with SAXON, is to perform a single serial pass of the input
> document that simultaneously generates a TOC and the main rendered document
> on two separate output streams, then merge these together for presentation.
> This is far more efficient with a large document than building the entire
> document tree in memory or scanning it twice.
I agree. Nice. Very nice.
:) Clark
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