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Message about additional sort data types could be better

           Summary: Message about additional sort data types could be better
           Product: XalanJ2
           Version: 2.4Dx
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: Other
         Component: Xalan
        AssignedTo: xalan-dev@xml.apache.org
        ReportedBy: David_Marston@lotus.com


xsl:sort allows the data-type attribute to be either "text", "number", or a
QName qualified to some other namespace. If the latter were to be implemented
in Xalan, we would have to recognize the qualified name. Since we don't have
any additional types, sorterr08 covers the case where the value looks like a
QName (i.e., contains a colon) but is just a garbage string to us. Currently,
we put out a message that says this is a to-do item. While the message does
lead the user to the vicinity of the problem, it's not a real error message.
It should be a real error saying
No known sort routine for [QName]
or something similar. If we ever implement a recognized QName, this error will
still apply for the unrecognized ones.

See sorterr01 for the case of an unrecognized name without a colon. We emit a
good message in this case.