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Random ArrayIndexOutOfBounds exception
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Legacy ID: #5289085
Legacy Poster: Pierre Candela (pcandela)
Hi, I'm using Saxon-B 9.0.0.2 and I sometimes get an AIOOB exception (stacktrace
below). By reading the release notes for the more recent versions, I noticed that some
AIOOB issues were fixed since 9.0.0.2. But I'm not sure whether they address my
particular problem. Has anyone else encountered this before? Thanks for your help,
Pierre java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: -1 at
net.sf.saxon.tinytree.TinyNodeImpl.isAncestorOrSelf(TinyNodeImpl.java:707) at
net.sf.saxon.om.Navigator.isAncestorOrSelf(Navigator.java:814) at
net.sf.saxon.functions.KeyFn$SubtreeFilter.map(KeyFn.java:307) at
net.sf.saxon.expr.ItemMappingIterator.next(ItemMappingIterator.java:46) at
net.sf.saxon.value.MemoClosure$ProgressiveIterator.next(MemoClosure.java:327) at
net.sf.saxon.functions.Existence.effectiveBooleanValue(Existence.java:109) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Choose.processLeavingTail(Choose.java:618) at
net.sf.saxon.expr.LetExpression.processLeavingTail(LetExpression.java:551) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Choose.processLeavingTail(Choose.java:625) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Instruction.process(Instruction.java:94) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.UserFunction.process(UserFunction.java:347) at
net.sf.saxon.expr.UserFunctionCall.process(UserFunctionCall.java:417) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Choose.processLeavingTail(Choose.java:627) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Block.processLeavingTail(Block.java:399) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Instruction.process(Instruction.java:94) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.UserFunction.process(UserFunction.java:347) at
net.sf.saxon.expr.UserFunctionCall.process(UserFunctionCall.java:417) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Choose.processLeavingTail(Choose.java:627) at
net.sf.saxon.expr.LetExpression.processLeavingTail(LetExpression.java:551) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Template.applyLeavingTail(Template.java:175) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ApplyTemplates.applyTemplates(ApplyTemplates.java:343) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ApplyTemplates.apply(ApplyTemplates.java:208) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ApplyTemplates.processLeavingTail(ApplyTemplates.java:172) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Block.processLeavingTail(Block.java:399) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Instruction.process(Instruction.java:94) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ElementCreator.processLeavingTail(ElementCreator.java:298) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Copy.processLeavingTail(Copy.java:205) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Template.applyLeavingTail(Template.java:175) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ApplyTemplates.applyTemplates(ApplyTemplates.java:343) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ApplyTemplates.apply(ApplyTemplates.java:208) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ApplyTemplates.processLeavingTail(ApplyTemplates.java:172) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Choose.processLeavingTail(Choose.java:625) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Block.processLeavingTail(Block.java:399) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Instruction.process(Instruction.java:94) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ElementCreator.processLeavingTail(ElementCreator.java:298) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Copy.processLeavingTail(Copy.java:205) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Block.processLeavingTail(Block.java:399) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Template.applyLeavingTail(Template.java:175) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ApplyTemplates.applyTemplates(ApplyTemplates.java:343) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ApplyTemplates.apply(ApplyTemplates.java:208) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ApplyTemplates.processLeavingTail(ApplyTemplates.java:172) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Choose.processLeavingTail(Choose.java:625) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Block.processLeavingTail(Block.java:399) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Instruction.process(Instruction.java:94) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ElementCreator.processLeavingTail(ElementCreator.java:298) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Copy.processLeavingTail(Copy.java:205) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Block.processLeavingTail(Block.java:399) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Template.applyLeavingTail(Template.java:175) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ApplyTemplates.applyTemplates(ApplyTemplates.java:343) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ApplyTemplates.apply(ApplyTemplates.java:208) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ApplyTemplates.processLeavingTail(ApplyTemplates.java:172) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Choose.processLeavingTail(Choose.java:625) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Block.processLeavingTail(Block.java:399) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Instruction.process(Instruction.java:94) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ElementCreator.processLeavingTail(ElementCreator.java:298) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Copy.processLeavingTail(Copy.java:205) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Block.processLeavingTail(Block.java:399) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Template.applyLeavingTail(Template.java:175) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ApplyTemplates.applyTemplates(ApplyTemplates.java:343) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ApplyTemplates.apply(ApplyTemplates.java:208) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ApplyTemplates.processLeavingTail(ApplyTemplates.java:172) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Choose.processLeavingTail(Choose.java:625) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Block.processLeavingTail(Block.java:399) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Instruction.process(Instruction.java:94) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ElementCreator.processLeavingTail(ElementCreator.java:298) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Copy.processLeavingTail(Copy.java:205) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Block.processLeavingTail(Block.java:399) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Template.applyLeavingTail(Template.java:175) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ApplyTemplates.applyTemplates(ApplyTemplates.java:343) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ApplyTemplates.apply(ApplyTemplates.java:208) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ApplyTemplates.processLeavingTail(ApplyTemplates.java:172) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Choose.processLeavingTail(Choose.java:625) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Block.processLeavingTail(Block.java:399) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Instruction.process(Instruction.java:94) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ElementCreator.processLeavingTail(ElementCreator.java:298) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Copy.processLeavingTail(Copy.java:205) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Block.processLeavingTail(Block.java:399) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Template.applyLeavingTail(Template.java:175) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ApplyTemplates.applyTemplates(ApplyTemplates.java:343) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ApplyTemplates.apply(ApplyTemplates.java:208) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ApplyTemplates.processLeavingTail(ApplyTemplates.java:172) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Block.processLeavingTail(Block.java:399) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Instruction.process(Instruction.java:94) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ElementCreator.processLeavingTail(ElementCreator.java:298) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Copy.processLeavingTail(Copy.java:205) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Choose.processLeavingTail(Choose.java:625) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Block.processLeavingTail(Block.java:399) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.Template.applyLeavingTail(Template.java:175) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ApplyTemplates.applyTemplates(ApplyTemplates.java:343) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ApplyTemplates.defaultAction(ApplyTemplates.java:376) at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ApplyTemplates.applyTemplates(ApplyTemplates.java:331) at
net.sf.saxon.Controller.transformDocument(Controller.java:1735) at
net.sf.saxon.Controller.transform(Controller.java:1559)
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Legacy ID: #5298677
Legacy Poster: Michael Kay (mhkay)
I think this is a new problem. It's crashed in code that has been stable for many
releases, but is not heavily used. The code is testing whether a node found via an
xsl:key index is within the subtree rooted at the node specified in the third argument
to the key() function. I can't see any obvious flaw in the logic at the point where it
has crashed, so I really need to be able to reproduce it to make any progress. If you
can try and put together a self-contained repro, I would be grateful. Ideally, please
check that it still fails on the latest release (9.1.0.2), but I suspect that it will.
Michael Kay
Legacy ID: #5315690
Legacy Poster: Pierre Candela (pcandela)
Hi Michael, I've been trying to reproduce it with 9.0.0.8 and 9.1.0.2 but I haven't
succeeded yet. As this problem happened once in a blue moon, I don't know whether I've
been "lucky" up until now or whether it is fixed in the latest
versions. I'll continue my tests and report back if I manage to make it crash. For the
self-contained repro, should I limit myself to using the 3-argument version of the key
function? Or can the 2-argument version be affected as well? Regards, Pierre
Legacy ID: #5315905
Legacy Poster: Michael Kay (mhkay)
I think the path that it crashed on is specific to the 3-argument key() function.
And it probably depends on the exact nature of the source document. Michael Kay
Legacy ID: #5379576
Legacy Poster: Michael Kay (mhkay)
I've reproduced the exception by means of an internal test invoking the method
TinyNodeImpl.isAncestorOrSelf(n), where the target node is the document node and n is
the outermost element. What I haven't been able to do is to find an external XSLT or
XQuery test that triggers such a call: the method isAncestorOrSelf() is only called
while executing the key() function, the target node is the value of the 3rd argument
(which defaults to "/"), and the method is normally not called if the
value of the 3rd argument is the root node of the tree. But the internal code ought to
handle this case and doesn't, even if the key() function doesn't use it, so I'll raise a
patch for it.
Legacy ID: #5480361
Legacy Poster: Pierre Candela (pcandela)
Thanks, Michael, for fixing this bug. Sorry I didn't get back to you any sooner.
After looking at the xslt code, here's what I found out: 1) I only use the 3-argument
version of the key function when inside an xsl:function element 2) as there is no
context node inside an xsl:function, I applied what you suggested here:
http://www.stylusstudio.com/xsllist/200504/post10240.html ie: - I use the global
variable, when searching the principal source document - I pass the document as an extra
parameter to the xsl:function, when searching another document. This document is created
with the document($href) function, where the function doc-available($href) returns true.
Does it confirm your findings? I noticed that you patched the 9.0 and 9.1 branches but
you haven't released a new 9.0 version yet. Are you planning to? If not, if I upgrade my
application to 9.1.0.3, are there any incompatibilty issue(s) between 9.0.0.X and
9.1.0.X I should be aware of? Regards, Pierre
Legacy ID: #5480585
Legacy Poster: Michael Kay (mhkay)
Thanks for the description of your code, but it doesn't help. It's frustrating that
you can't show me the actual code. I think the bug is fixed, but without a repro I can't
be 100% sure, and it's irritating that I can't see any way to make real XSLT code
trigger it. There's a complete list of changes produced with each new Saxon release, but
to be honest the quickest way of discovering whether you're dependent on any of the
things that have changed is to try it and see. On the whole, for most people, it's
unlikely you will notice any differences. I've been putting 9.0 versions of patches in
Subversion just in case (a) anyone wants to apply them to their own build, or (b) one of
my paying customers decides they need a new 9.0 build with the changes applied (which
happens from time to time). I'm unlikely to do another build "for
free" unless some compelling reason emerges.
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