RE: How to call extension function from xpath multiple

Hi,

> You are generating a regular expression that will contain "\\w". This will
> match a string containing a "\" followed by a "w". But you are using it to
> match element names, which never contain a "\".

Well, actually I checked it by running the same java function through xsl.
Using 4 "\" i
get the regex \w or \w* as the case may be.

The Processor i am using is Xalan 2.4.1

Regards
Manpreet Singh


-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Kay [mailto:mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 6:14 PM
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Subject: RE:  How to call extension function from xpath multiple
times?


> 		pattern = pattern.replaceAll("_asterix_", "\\\\w*");
> 		pattern = pattern.replaceAll("_qstnmark_", "\\\\w");
>
> 		return java.util.regex.Pattern.matches(pattern,
> elemName);

You are generating a regular expression that will contain "\\w". This will
match a string containing a "\" followed by a "w". But you are using it to
match element names, which never contain a "\".

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/