Library Modules

Functions can be put in library modules, which can be imported by any query. Every module in XQuery is either a main module, which contains a query body to be evaluated, or a library module, which has a module declaration but no query body. A library module begins with a module declaration, which provides a URI that identifies the module for imports, as shown in Listing 1.20.

Listing 1.20. Module Declaration for a Library Module
module "http://example.com/xquery/library/book"

define function toc($book-or-section as element())
  as element()*
{
  for $section in $book-or-section/section
  return
    <section>
      { $section/@* , $section/title , toc($section) }
    </section>
}

Functions and variable definitions in library modules are namespace-qualified. ...

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