util:serialize($a as node()*, $b as xs:string, $c as xs:string*) xs:boolean?
Writes the node set passed in parameter $a into a file on the file system. The full path to the file is specified in parameter $b. $c contains a sequence of zero or more serialization parameters specified as key=value pairs. The serialization options are the same as those recognized by "declare option exist:serialize". The function does NOT automatically inherit the serialization options of the XQuery it is called from. False is returned if the specified file can not be created or is not writable, true on success. The empty sequence is returned if the argument sequence is empty.
Deprecated: Use the file:serialize() function in the file extension module instead!
This function could be removed at anytime during the 1.5 development and will be removed in the 1.6 release.
util:serialize($node-set as node()*, $parameters as xs:string*) xs:string?
Returns the Serialized node set passed in parameter $node-set. $parameters contains a sequence of zero or more serialization parameters specified as key=value pairs. The serialization options are the same as those recognized by "declare option exist:serialize". The function does NOT automatically inherit the serialization options of the XQuery it is called from.
$node-set
The node set to serialize
$parameters
The serialization parameters
Returns the string containing the serialized node set.
