3 files changed, 39 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/src/support/filesystem_context.cc b/src/support/filesystem_context.cc
index 30502b3..8395046 100644
--- a/src/support/filesystem_context.cc
+++ b/src/support/filesystem_context.cc
@@ -3,22 +3,9 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <iterator>
 
+#include "support/xalan_string.h"
 #include "support/xerces_string_guard.h"
 
-namespace {
-
-inline std::string xalanToString(const xalan::XalanDOMString& text) {
-	xalan::CharVectorType castHelper;
-	text.transcode(castHelper);
-
-	return std::string(
-		castHelper.begin(),
-		castHelper.end() - 1
-	);
-}
-
-}
-
 namespace InputXSLT {
 
 FilesystemContext::FilesystemContext(const xalan::Locator* locator):
@@ -38,7 +25,7 @@ boost::filesystem::path FilesystemContext::resolve(
 
 boost::filesystem::path FilesystemContext::resolve(
 	const xalan::XalanDOMString& path) const {
-	return this->resolve(xalanToString(path));
+	return this->resolve(toString(path));
 }
 
 void FilesystemContext::iterate(
@@ -78,7 +65,7 @@ void FilesystemContext::iterate(
 	const xalan::XalanDOMString& path,
 	std::function<void(const boost::filesystem::path&)> func
 ) const {
-	this->iterate(xalanToString(path), func);
+	this->iterate(toString(path), func);
 }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/support/xalan_string.cc b/src/support/xalan_string.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b89f08b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/support/xalan_string.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#include "xalan_string.h"
+
+namespace InputXSLT {
+
+std::string toString(const xalan::XalanDOMString& text) {
+	xalan::CharVectorType castHelper;
+	text.transcode(castHelper);
+
+	return std::string(
+		castHelper.begin(),
+		castHelper.end() - 1
+	);
+}
+
+xalan::XalanDOMString toString(const std::string& text) {
+	return xalan::XalanDOMString(text.data());
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/support/xalan_string.h b/src/support/xalan_string.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2220be5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/support/xalan_string.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#ifndef INPUTXSLT_SRC_SUPPORT_XALAN_STRING_H_
+#define INPUTXSLT_SRC_SUPPORT_XALAN_STRING_H_
+
+#include <xalanc/XalanDOM/XalanDOMString.hpp>
+
+#include <string>
+
+#include "common.h"
+
+namespace InputXSLT {
+
+std::string toString(const xalan::XalanDOMString&);
+xalan::XalanDOMString toString(const std::string&);
+
+}
+
+#endif  // INPUTXSLT_SRC_SUPPORT_XALAN_STRING_H_