Saxon .Net read xml from stream - vb.net

Question

all examples show how to read an xml from an local file. But how do I read a xml from a url or a stream and process it further?
Example: http://www.oreillynet.com/xml/blog/2006/03/hello_saxon_on_net_an_aspnet_i.html
thanks in advance

Answer 1

Look for XsltExamples.cs in the saxon-resources download available on both Sourceforge and www.saxonica.com. The very first example seems to do what you are asking for.
public static void ExampleSimple1(String sourceUri, String xsltUri) {
// Create a Processor instance.
Processor processor = new Processor();
// Load the source document
XdmNode input = processor.NewDocumentBuilder().Build(new Uri(sourceUri));
// Create a transformer for the stylesheet.
XsltTransformer transformer = processor.NewXsltCompiler().Compile(new Uri(xsltUri)).Load();
// Set the root node of the source document to be the initial context node
transformer.InitialContextNode = input;
// Create a serializer
Serializer serializer = new Serializer();
serializer.SetOutputWriter(Console.Out);
// Transform the source XML to System.out.
transformer.Run(serializer);
}

Answer 2

Are you using an XmlDocument object for reading the XML? If so, you'll want XMLDocument.Load() method, which can take a file path or URL, TextReader or Stream as input.
Likewise, XDocument.Load()(msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.xml.linq.xdocument.load(v=vs.110).aspx) has a similar set of overloads.