RE: Errors when trying to use Xalan instead of Saxon

> I am using DOM, in particular the Node class to break 
> up the file into chunks and then run the transformations in a 
> loop.  This worked fine with Crimson and Saxon but gives me 
> an error with Xerces and Xalan.  The problem lies when 
> attempting to get a ByteStream from the myNode.toString() and 
> then constructing a transform with this Stream. With Crimson 
> the myNode.toString gives me a nice String containing the 
> nested template. However with Xerces I get the root name and 
> null.

This is a DOM question, not an XSLT question.

I don't think the DOM specification defines what the toString() method
on a Node should give you, therefore you should not rely on it being
portable between implementations.

Michael Kay
Software AG
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