>>>>> "Dave" == Dave Pawson <davep@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    Dave> So it can be done with an extension.

No need for that.

    Dave> Colin, had you thought about taking yours further?
    Dave> temp/dir/*.xml etc?

Again, no need. You can do all the filtering you like on the returned
node sequence before processing it. Since each directory entry is
represented just by a single element plus attributes, with no
children, there is very little overhead.

besides, the example you quote above would not be a legal file: URI.
-- 
Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire