xf:output to apply format based on the type of `value` expression

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xf:output to apply format based on the type of `value` expression #2815

Open avernet opened 8 years ago

avernet commented 8 years ago

E.g. <xf:output value="current-date()"/> should use the format specified by the oxf.xforms.format.output.date property. For consistency, this should also be done in case ref returns an atomic value (instead of pointing to a node in an instance).

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ebruchez commented 8 years ago

Yes I think this would make sense.