Xalan executable gives wrong output

[Anjana Sudhakar <an...@yahoo.com>]

I am using Xalan executable to do a trasformation. I give in the xml and xsl files, and the output I get is not the expected xml file. The output is a string of all element values in the input xml without any tags. It does not give any errors.
 
I am new to Xalan - any help is appreciated.
 
Thanks,
Anjsud


      

Re: Xalan executable gives wrong output

[Anjana Sudhakar <an...@yahoo.com>]

It turned out to be a namespace issue, I was able to resolve it. Thanks. 

--- On Fri, 7/11/08, David Bertoni <db...@apache.org> wrote:

From: David Bertoni <db...@apache.org>
Subject: Re: Xalan executable gives wrong output
To: xalan-c-users@xml.apache.org
Date: Friday, July 11, 2008, 7:21 PM

Anjana Sudhakar wrote:
> I am using Xalan executable to do a trasformation. I give in the xml and 
> xsl files, and the output I get is not the expected xml file. The output 
> is a string of all element values in the input xml without any tags. It 
> does not give any errors.
That means the default rules are matched, which simply copies all text 
nodes and attribute values to the result tree.

> 
> I am new to Xalan - any help is appreciated.
Without seeing a stylesheet or source document, it's difficult to guess 
why you are not getting the expected result.  Usually, when template 
rules don't match, it's a namespace problem.

Perhaps you are transforming an XHTML document?  The XHTML DTD adds a 
default namespace, which will affect how you need to define the match 
patterns in your templates.

I suggest you check out the XSLT FAQ and consider subscribing to the 
Mulberry Technologies XSL list, which is the best forum for general 
XSL(T) questions.

Dave


      

Re: Xalan executable gives wrong output

[David Bertoni <db...@apache.org>]

Anjana Sudhakar wrote:
> I am using Xalan executable to do a trasformation. I give in the xml and 
> xsl files, and the output I get is not the expected xml file. The output 
> is a string of all element values in the input xml without any tags. It 
> does not give any errors.
That means the default rules are matched, which simply copies all text 
nodes and attribute values to the result tree.

> 
> I am new to Xalan - any help is appreciated.
Without seeing a stylesheet or source document, it's difficult to guess 
why you are not getting the expected result.  Usually, when template 
rules don't match, it's a namespace problem.

Perhaps you are transforming an XHTML document?  The XHTML DTD adds a 
default namespace, which will affect how you need to define the match 
patterns in your templates.

I suggest you check out the XSLT FAQ and consider subscribing to the 
Mulberry Technologies XSL list, which is the best forum for general 
XSL(T) questions.

Dave