why do i get the exception.....the node.xsl file is pasted below
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//XML
<DATA> 
<component id="description_of_plates" type="question"> 
                <property id="label"> 
                    <value> Description of Plates:</value>
                </property> 
                <property id="help"/> 
                <property id="tooltip"/> 
                <property id="format"> 
                    <value> textbox</value>
                </property> 
                <property id="cid"> </property>
                <component id="description_of_plates" type="answer"> 
                    <property id="ans"> 
                        <value> </value>
                    </property> 
                </component> 
            </component> 

</DATA> 


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//XSL
<xsl:call-template name="getvalue2"> 
	<xsl:with-param name="nodew"> 
          /DATA/component/<xsl:value-of select="$reqnode"/> 
      </xsl:with-param> 
 	<xsl:with-param name="selectid"> ans</xsl:with-param>
      <xsl:with-param name="attr"> <xsl:value-of select="."/></xsl:with-param>
</xsl:call-template> 


<xsl:template name="getvalue2" > 
        <xsl:param name="nodew"/> 
        <xsl:param name="selectid"/> 
        <xsl:param name="attr"/> 
        <xsl:value-of select="$nodew"/> 
        <xsl:call-template name="node:xpath"> 
	        <xsl:with-param name="node" > 
                <xsl:value-of select="$nodew"/> 
                </xsl:with-param> 
	  </xsl:call-template> 
</xsl:template> 
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This code gives the following error

java.lang.ClassCastException; SystemID: http://127.0.0.1:9999/liberty/xsl/node.xsl; Line#: 1
7; Column#: 61 javax.xml.transform.TransformerException:j
 ava.lang.ClassCastException at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTem
plates(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemChoose.execute(Unknown Source) at o
rg.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTemplates(Unknown Source) at org.apa
che.xalan.templates.ElemTemplate.execute(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemC
allTemplate.execute(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeC
hildTemplates(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemTemplate.execute(Unknown Sou
rce) at org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemCallTemplate.execute(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xa
lan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTemplates(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xalan.te
mplates.ElemLiteralResult.execute(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.Transforme
rImpl.executeChildTemplates(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemLiteralResult.
execute(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerIm!
 pl!
.executeChildTemplates(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemLiteralResult.execu
te(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTemplates(Unk
nown Source) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.applyTemplateToNode(Unknown Sou
rce)


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node.xsl
<?xml version="1.0"?> 

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
	xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
	xmlns:node="http://xsltsl.org/node"
	> 



  <xsl:template name="node:xpath"> 
    <xsl:param name="node" select="."/> 

    <xsl:choose> 

      <xsl:when test="$node"> 

        <xsl:for-each select="$node[1]/ancestor-or-self::*"> 
          <xsl:text/> /<xsl:value-of select="name()"/>
          <xsl:text/> [<xsl:value-of select="count(preceding-sibling::*[name() = name(current
())]) + 1"/> ]<xsl:text/>
        </xsl:for-each> 

        <xsl:choose> 

          <xsl:when test="$node[1]/self::comment()"> 
            <xsl:text> /comment()</xsl:text>
            <xsl:text/> [<xsl:value-of select="count($node[1]/preceding-sibling::comment()) +
 1" /> ]<xsl:text/>
          </xsl:when> 

          <xsl:when test="$node[1]/self::processing-instruction()"> 
            <xsl:text> /processing-instruction()</xsl:text>
            <xsl:text/> [<xsl:value-of select="count($node[1]/preceding-sibling::processing-i
nstruction()) + 1" /> ]<xsl:text/>
          </xsl:when> 

          <xsl:when test="$node[1]/self::text()"> 
            <xsl:text> /text()</xsl:text>
            <xsl:text/> [<xsl:value-of select="count($node[1]/preceding-sibling::text()) + 1"
 /> ]<xsl:text/>
          </xsl:when> 

          <xsl:when test="not($node[1]/..)"> 
            <xsl:text> /</xsl:text>
          </xsl:when> 

          <xsl:when test="count($node[1]/../namespace::* | $node[1]) = count($node[1]/../nam
espace::*)"> 
            <xsl:text/> /namespace::<xsl:value-of select="name($node[1])" />
          </xsl:when> 

          <xsl:when test="count($node[1]/../@* | $node[1]) = count($node[1]/../@*)"> 
            <xsl:text/> /@<xsl:value-of select="name($node[1])" />
          </xsl:when> 

        </xsl:choose>       
      </xsl:when> 

      <xsl:otherwise> 
        <xsl:text> /..</xsl:text>
      </xsl:otherwise> 

    </xsl:choose> 

  </xsl:template> 



  <xsl:template name="node:type"> 
    <xsl:param name="node" select="."/> 

    <xsl:choose> 
      <xsl:when test="not($node)"/> 
      <xsl:when test="$node[1]/self::*"> 
	<xsl:text> element</xsl:text>
      </xsl:when> 
      <xsl:when test="$node[1]/self::text()"> 
	<xsl:text> text</xsl:text>
      </xsl:when> 
      <xsl:when test="$node[1]/self::comment()"> 
	<xsl:text> comment</xsl:text>
      </xsl:when> 
      <xsl:when test="$node[1]/self::processing-instruction()"> 
	<xsl:text> processing instruction</xsl:text>
      </xsl:when> 
      <xsl:when test="not($node[1]/parent::*)"> 
        <xsl:text> root</xsl:text>
      </xsl:when> 
      <xsl:when test="count($node[1] | $node[1]/../namespace::*) = count($node[1]/../namespa
ce::*)"> 
        <xsl:text> namespace</xsl:text>
      </xsl:when> 
      <xsl:when test="count($node[1] | $node[1]/../@*) = count($node[1]/../@*)"> 
        <xsl:text> attribute</xsl:text>
      </xsl:when> 
    </xsl:choose> 
  </xsl:template> 

</xsl:stylesheet> 
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