RE: error in XSL file when using JAXP

Hi Michael and David

I installed the latest version of the XSL Editor and
debugged my program as it started giving me the same
error as my JAXP.

I made the changes that both of you suggested and now
my program is working fine !

Thanks a lot for all your help.

Rahil

--- Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> test="distinct-values($aVal[for $a in .
> return
>
normalize-space($oVal)[contains(lower-case(.),lower-case($a))]])
> 
> I think you're trying to test whether at least one
> of the values in $aVal
> satisfies some condition.
> 
> Firstly, I can't see why you're removing duplicates.
> If some $x in
> distinct-values(X) satisfies a condition, then some
> $x in X must satisfy the
> condition, so removing duplicates is unnecessary
> work.
> 
> So this reduces to 
> 
> test="exists($aVal[for $a in .
> return
>
normalize-space($oVal)[contains(lower-case(.),lower-case($a))]])
> 
> But this is still fishy. normalize-space() returns
> either a string or
> nothing (an empty sequence). So it's an odd thing to
> apply a predicate to. I
> think this reduces to
> 
>
test="exists($aVal[contains(lower-case(normalize-space(.)),
> lower-case($a))])"
> 
> or if you prefer
> 
> test="some $v in $aVal satisfies
> contains(lower-case(normalize-space($v)),
> lower-case($a))"
> 
> This isn't precisely equivalent to the meaning of
> your expression under the
> earlier version of the spec, but I suspect it's what
> you intended. For
> example if distinct-values returns a single
> zero-length string then the EBV
> is false, but exists() return true.
> 
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rahil Qamar [mailto:qamar_rahil@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> 
> > Sent: 28 July 2005 11:56
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re:  error in XSL file when using
> JAXP
> > 
> > Thanks David and Michael
> > 
> > Okay at least I think I know where the problem is
> > arising now.
> > 
> > I have a section of code soon after the for-each
> loop
> > which tests for the common values present in both
> the
> > XML files imported at the start of the XSL.
> > 
> > The lines are:
> > -----------
> > <xsl:choose>
> >    <xsl:when test="distinct-values($aVal[for $a in
> .
> > return
> >
>
normalize-space($oVal)[contains(lower-case(.),lower-case($a))]])">
> > 
> > 	<xsl:variable name="matchingVals"
> > select="distinct-values($aVal[for $a in . return
> >
>
normalize-space($oVal)[contains(lower-case(.),lower-case($a))]])"/>
> > 					
> > 	<xsl:if test="not(empty($matchingVals))">
> > ----------
> > Now the variable $matchingVals does not contain
> nodes
> > but common atomic values.
> > 
> > Is there any other way of writing out this test
> case
> > so that I can deal with the new version processor
> > requirements?
> > 
> > Note: $aVal and $oVal are -
> > ----------
> > ////$arch = File1.xml
> > ////$ont = File2.xml
> > <xsl:variable name="aVal"
> > select="$arch/SubConcepts/SubConcept/Value"/>
> > 		
> > <xsl:for-each
> select="$ont/SubConcepts/SubConcept">
> >      <xsl:variable name="oVal" select="."/>
> > 
> > ---------
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Rahil
> > 
> > --- David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > > Line 162 in the said file is :
> > > 
> > > That is not the line with generating the error
> > > though. (Line numbering
> > > can easily be out due to vagaries in dos/unix
> line
> > > ends etc.
> > > 
> > > The error means that you have something like
> > > 
> > > test="zzzz"  or  ... [zzzzz]  and zzz evaluates
> to a
> > > sequence whose
> > > first item is not a node but is a number or a
> string
> > > or some other
> > > atomic value.  If the sequence doesn't consist
> of
> > > nodes then to use it
> > > as a boolean in a test it has to consist of a
> single
> > > item, which is a
> > > boolean value either true or false. If the
> sequence
> > > is a sequence of
> > > nodes then, as in xpath1 it will count as false
> if
> > > it is empty and true
> > > otherwise.
> > > 
> > > David
> > > 
> > > 
> > >
> >
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