RE: Ways to simplify XSL, complex "select/filter crit

Input xml was from Stefan Fritz's original post. The apostrophe is closed
properly actually in the error message. Maybe Mr. Stefan Fritz can shed some
light on this and share if he made the following xsl work.
I'm using Altova.

Thanks.

[
Error in XPath 2.0 expression
Cast failed, invalid lexical value - '2005-09-19T00:00:00
                 ...

             ...
2010-09-19T00:00:00email1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:00:00email2@xxxxxx'


]

input:

<ns:Individual xsi:type="ns:Individual" xmlns:ns="http://myns"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    <ns:validFor xsi:type="ns:TimePeriod">
        <ns:startDateTime>1800-01-01T00:00:00</ns:startDateTime>
        <ns:endDateTime/>
    </ns:validFor>
    <ns:PartyPlays xsi:type="ns:Employee">
        <ns:validFor xsi:type="ns:TimePeriod">
            <ns:startDateTime>2005-09-19T00:00:00</ns:startDateTime>
            <ns:endDateTime/>
        </ns:validFor>
        <ns:PartyRoleContactableVia xsi:type="ns:PostalContact">
                 ...
</ns:PartyRoleContactableVia>
        <ns:PartyRoleContactableVia xsi:type="ns:PostalContact">
             ...
</ns:PartyRoleContactableVia>
        <ns:PartyRoleContactableVia xsi:type="ns:EMailContact">
            <ns:validFor xsi:type="ns:TimePeriod">
                <ns:endDateTime>2010-09-19T00:00:00</ns:endDateTime>
            </ns:validFor>
            <ns:eMailAddress>email1@xxxxxx</ns:eMailAddress>
        </ns:PartyRoleContactableVia>
        <ns:PartyRoleContactableVia xsi:type="ns:EMailContact">
            <ns:validFor xsi:type="ns:TimePeriod">
                <ns:endDateTime>2010-09-19T00:00:00</ns:endDateTime>
            </ns:validFor>
            <ns:eMailAddress>email2@xxxxxx</ns:eMailAddress>
        </ns:PartyRoleContactableVia>
    </ns:PartyPlays>
</ns:Individual>

xsl:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:cdm="http://myns" xmlns:f="urn:f"
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    <xsl:output method="text"/>
    <xsl:template match="/">
        <xsl:value-of select="/cdm:Individual/cdm:PartyPlays[f:type(.) eq
xs:QName('fn:Employee')]  [exists(cdm:validFor[f:applies-now(.)])]"/>
    </xsl:template>
    <xsl:function name="f:applies-now" as="xs:boolean">
        <xsl:param name="v" as="element(cdm:validFor)"/>
        <xsl:variable name="start" as="xs:dateTime?"
select="xs:dateTime($v/cdm:startDateTime)"/>
        <xsl:variable name="end" as="xs:dateTime?"
select="xs:dateTime($v/cdm:endDateTime)"/>
        <xsl:sequence select="(empty($start) or $start le current-dateTime())
and (empty($end) or $end ge current-dateTime())"/>
    </xsl:function>
    <xsl:function name="f:type" as="xs:QName">
        <xsl:param name="e" as="element()"/>
        <xsl:sequence select="QName($e/@xsi:type, $e)"/>
    </xsl:function>
</xsl:stylesheet>



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> From: mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 22:08:06 +0000
> Subject: RE:  Ways to simplify XSL, complex "select/filter criteria"
>
>
> You'll have to give more context - I don't exactly remember this thread
from
> a previous decade ;-)
>
> The apostrophe in the error message looks suspicious
>
> invalid lexical value - '2005-09-19T00:00:00
>
> Perhaps it's present in your data?
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/
> http://twitter.com/michaelhkay
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: J L [mailto:jinlii@xxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: 07 January 2010 18:57
>> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: RE:  Ways to simplify XSL, complex
>> "select/filter criteria"
>>
>>
>> I tried the transformation in Altova. It complains about
>> Error in XPath 2.0 expression Cast failed, invalid lexical
>> value - '2005-09-19T00:00:00
>>                  ...
>>
>>              ...
>> 2010-09-19T00:00:00email1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:00:00email2@xxxxxx'
>>
>> If I change '2005-09-19T00:00:00' to 2005-09-19. The same
>> error. Do you know why?
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------
>>> From: mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:23:36 +0000
>>> Subject: RE:  Ways to simplify XSL, complex
>> "select/filter criteria"
>>>
>>>
>>> I don't think I fully understand the requirement, but it's
>> certainly a
>>> case where your code can be simplified by use of functions. For
>>> example you can define this function
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> select="xs:dateTime($v/ns:startDateTime)"/>
>>>
>>> select="xs:dateTime($v/ns:endDateTime)"/>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> and this one
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> and then you can do things like
>>>
>>>
>>> [exists(ns:validFor[f:applies-now(.)])]"/>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Michael Kay
>>> http://www.saxonica.com/
>>> http://twitter.com/michaelhkay
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Stefan Fritz [mailto:sfritz.nospam@xxxxxx]
>>>> Sent: 18 December 2009 10:07
>>>> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject:  Ways to simplify XSL, complex
>> "select/filter criteria"
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> first my environment: Saxon 8.9, XSL and Xpath 2.0, Java
>>>>
>>>> I have to transform a XML document which contains elements
>> with the
>>>> same name but different xs:type.
>>>> In addition the elements contain an optional validFor
>> element which
>>>> defines a time period for the validity of the data.
>>>>
>>>> The rules to implement is:
>>>> - select element by xsi type
>>>> - select the valid (in time period) element
>>>> - if no time period specified and multiple elements of the
>> same type
>>>> exist, take the first one
>>>>
>>>> I have to apply these rules in almost every value-of
>> selection in my
>>>> XSLT and therefore the XSLT became really a nightmare.
>>>> I hope there is a solution to simplify this. I though about
>>>> xsl:function, dynamic Xpath (saxon:evaluate,..) but
>> couldn't get it
>>>> to work.
>>>> Any help more than appreciated!
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Stefan
>>>>
>>>> simplified XML and XSL:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> xsi:type="ns:Individual"
>>>> xmlns:ns="http://myns"
>>>> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 1800-01-01T00:00:00
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2005-09-19T00:00:00
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2010-09-19T00:00:00
>>>>
>>>> email1@xxxxxx
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2010-09-19T00:00:00
>>>>
>>>> email2@xxxxxx
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
>>>> xmlns:cdm="http://myns"
>>>> xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
>>>> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> select="/cdm:Individual/cdm:PartyPlays[contains(@xsi:type,'Emp
>>>> loyee')][
>>>> if(string-length(cdm:validFor/cdm:startDateTime) gt 0 and
>>>> string-length(cdm:validFor/cdm:endDateTime) gt 0) then
>>>> (xs:dateTime(cdm:validFor/cdm:startDateTime) lt
>>>> current-dateTime() and
>>>> xs:dateTime(cdm:validFor/cdm:endDateTime)gt
>>>> current-dateTime()) else
>>>> if(string-length(cdm:validFor/cdm:startDateTime) gt 0) then
>>>> (xs:dateTime(cdm:validFor/cdm:startDateTime) lt
>>>> current-dateTime()) else
>>>> if(string-length(cdm:validFor/cdm:endDateTime) gt 0) then (
>>>> xs:dateTime(cdm:validFor/cdm:endDateTime)gt
>> current-dateTime()) else
>>>> 1
>>>> ]/cdm:PartyRoleContactableVia[contains(@xsi:type,'EMailContact')][
>>>> if(string-length(cdm:validFor/cdm:startDateTime) gt 0 and
>>>> string-length(cdm:validFor/cdm:endDateTime) gt 0) then
>>>> (xs:dateTime(cdm:validFor/cdm:startDateTime) lt
>>>> current-dateTime() and
>>>> xs:dateTime(cdm:validFor/cdm:endDateTime)gt
>>>> current-dateTime()) else
>>>> if(string-length(cdm:validFor/cdm:startDateTime) gt 0) then
>>>> (xs:dateTime(cdm:validFor/cdm:startDateTime) lt
>>>> current-dateTime()) else
>>>> if(string-length(cdm:validFor/cdm:endDateTime) gt 0) then (
>>>> xs:dateTime(cdm:validFor/cdm:endDateTime)gt
>> current-dateTime()) else
>>>> 1
>>>> ][1]/cdm:eMailAddress[1]"/>
>>>
>>
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