A ClassCastException or any other kind of exception that causes a stack
trace like this, with no user extension functions involved, is prima
facie evidence of a bug in your XSLT processor and should be reported to
your supplier.

Michael Kay


>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: owner-xsl-list@[...].com 
>  [mailto:owner-xsl-list@[...].com] On Behalf Of 
>  alana@[...].com
>  Sent: 11 December 2003 11:07
>  To: xsl-list@[...].com
>  Subject: [xsl] ClassCastException
>  
>  
>  why do i get the exception.....the node.xsl file is pasted below
>  **************************************************************
>  **********************
>  //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>
>  
>  
>  **************************************************************
>  **********************
>  //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>
>  **************************************************************
>  **********************
>  
>  
>  This code gives the following error
>  
>  java.lang.ClassCastException; SystemID: 
>  http://127.0.0.1:9999/liberty/xsl/node.xsl; Line#: 17; 
>  Column#: 61 javax.xml.transform.TransformerException:j
>   ava.lang.ClassCastException at 
>  org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTempl
>  ates(Unknown Source) at 
>  org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemChoose.execute(Unknown Source) 
>  at 
>  org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTempl
>  ates(Unknown Source) at 
>  org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemTemplate.execute(Unknown 
>  Source) at 
>  org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemCallTemplate.execute(Unknown 
>  Source) at 
>  org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTempl
>  ates(Unknown Source) at 
>  org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemTemplate.execute(Unknown 
>  Source) at 
>  org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemCallTemplate.execute(Unknown 
>  Source) at 
>  org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTempl
>  ates(Unknown Source) at 
>  org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemLiteralResult.execute(Unknown 
>  Source) at 
>  org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTempl
>  ates(Unknown Source) at 
>  org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemLiteralResult.execute(Unknown 
>  Source) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl!
>  .executeChildTemplates(Unknown Source) at 
>  org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemLiteralResult.execute(Unknown 
>  Source) at 
>  org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTempl
>  ates(Unknown Source) at 
>  org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.applyTemplateToNo
>  de(Unknown Source)
>  
>  
>  **************************************************************
>  ****************
>  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($node[1]/preceding-sibling::processing-instructi
>  on()) + 1" />]<xsl:text/>
>            </xsl:when>
>  
>            <xsl:when test="$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]/../namespace::*)">
>              <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]/../namespace::*)">
>          <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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