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Hi -

I'm a bit of a newbie to the world of XSLTs but am trying to call a Java method on a parameter passed into an XSLT but
am having problems.

I've stripped the XSLT down to its bare bones:

<xsl:stylesheet
version="1.0"
xmlns:java="http://xml.apache.org/xslt/java"
xmlnssl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xslaram name="requestContext"/>
<xsl:variable name="site" select="java:$requestContext.getCurrentSite()"/>
</xsl:stylesheet>

But xsl:variable line produces the error:

"A node test that matches either NCName:* or QName was expected."

Can anyone spot where I'm going wrong?

Thanks for any suggestions.


Robbie

Robbie Baldock <> writes:

> Hi -
>
> I'm a bit of a newbie to the world of XSLTs but am trying to call a Java method on a parameter passed into an XSLT but
> am having problems.
>
> I've stripped the XSLT down to its bare bones:
>
> <xsl:stylesheet
> version="1.0"
> xmlns:java="http://xml.apache.org/xslt/java"
> xmlnssl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
> <xslaram name="requestContext"/>
> <xsl:variable name="site" select="java:$requestContext.getCurrentSite()"/>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
> But xsl:variable line produces the error:
>
> "A node test that matches either NCName:* or QName was expected."
>
> Can anyone spot where I'm going wrong?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
>
> Robbie

function names in xslt (as in C or java o most other languages) are
single tokens you can't use an expression to generate the name and you
can't replace part of teh name by a variable reference.

so you can use java:foo(....) if you have a method foo available but you
can't generate a funtion name from a parameter (unless you use an
evaluet() extension function taht parses a string as an Xpath
expression.

David

/Robbie Baldock/:

> <xsl:variable name="site" select="java:$requestContext.getCurrentSite()"/>

Did you mean:

<xsl:variable
name="site">java:$requestContext.getCurrentSite()</xsl:variable>

or (the same):

<xsl:variable name="site"
select="'java:$requestContext.getCurrentSite()'"/>

?

--
Stanimir

/Stanimir Stamenkov/:
> /Robbie Baldock/:
>
>> <xslaram name="requestContext"/>

missed that one...

>> <xsl:variable name="site" select="java:$requestContext.getCurrentSite()"/>
>
> Did you mean:
>
> <xsl:variable name="site">java:$requestContext.getCurrentSite()</xsl:variable>

or:

<xsl:variable name="site">java:<xsl:value-of
select="$requestContext"/>.getCurrentSite()</xsl:variable>

I think it should be the same:

<xsl:variable name="site" select="concat('java:', $requestContext,
'.getCurrentSite()'"/>

But reading through the David Carlisle's reply I realize you may be
trying something different.

--
Stanimir

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 22:09:54 GMT, David Carlisle <>
wrote:

>so you can use java:foo(....) if you have a method foo available but you
>can't generate a funtion name from a parameter (unless you use an
>evaluet() extension function taht parses a string as an Xpath
>expression.

OK, I think I understand...!

Thanks for the info.


Robbie

On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 00:37:13 +0200, Stanimir Stamenkov
<> wrote:

>But reading through the David Carlisle's reply I realize you may be
>trying something different.

I shall try your various suggestions.

Thanks for the response.


Robbie

hi,

> I've stripped the XSLT down to its bare bones:
>
> <xsl:stylesheet
> version="1.0"
> xmlns:java="http://xml.apache.org/xslt/java"
> xmlnssl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
> <xslaram name="requestContext"/>
> <xsl:variable name="site" select="java:$requestContext.getCurrentSite()"/>
> </xsl:stylesheet>

you have to use select="java:getCurrentSite($requestContext)"

regards
frank

[Ram C]

Hi All ...

Even I gotta problem using the requestContext as xslaram - and can anyone tell exactly what is the use of declaring it as a xslaram instead of a normal xsl:variable ?

From where does the XSL processor get the requestContext Object ? should anything be done explicitly to get that object
or
just declaring it as a xslaram will do ... ?

Waiting for solution,

Thanks,
Ram C

Originally Posted by Robbie Baldock

Hi -

I'm a bit of a newbie to the world of XSLTs but am trying to call a Java method on a parameter passed into an XSLT but
am having problems.

I've stripped the XSLT down to its bare bones:

<xsl:stylesheet
version="1.0"
xmlns:java="http://xml.apache.org/xslt/java"
xmlnssl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xslaram name="requestContext"/>
<xsl:variable name="site" select="java:$requestContext.getCurrentSite()"/>
</xsl:stylesheet>

But xsl:variable line produces the error:

"A node test that matches either NCName:* or QName was expected."

Can anyone spot where I'm going wrong?

Thanks for any suggestions.


Robbie