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PyXsltProcessor.transform_to_file() not working.

Added by Daniel Haley about 3 years ago

I'm using Saxon/C 1.2.1 running with Saxon-HE 9.9.1.5C on Windows 10 with Python 3.8.7 and I'm having an issue with transform_to_file() using the PyXsltProcessor. I don't get an output file and I don't see any exceptions. Everything seems to work fine with the PyXslt30Processor.

I've attached sample Python, XSLT, and XML input to reproduce.

This seems like a bug, but maybe I'm missing something?

Here's the Python:

import os
import sys
import saxonc


def try_to_string(proc):
    xsltproc = proc.new_xslt_processor()
    xsltproc.set_parameter("before", proc.make_string_value("two"))
    xsltproc.set_parameter("after", proc.make_string_value("duece"))
    result = xsltproc.transform_to_string(source_file="try_saxon_input.xml",
                                          stylesheet_file="try_saxon.xsl")
    return bool({'duece' in result})


def try_to_file(proc, proc_type=None):
    output_filename = "try_saxon_output.xml"

    if os.path.isfile(output_filename):
        os.remove(output_filename)

    if proc_type == "3.0":
        # WORKS
        xsltproc = proc.new_xslt30_processor()
    else:
        # DOES NOT WORK (No file output. No error message.)
        xsltproc = proc.new_xslt_processor()

    xsltproc.set_parameter("before", proc.make_string_value("two"))
    xsltproc.set_parameter("after", proc.make_string_value("duece"))
    xsltproc.set_cwd(os.getcwd())
    xsltproc.transform_to_file(source_file="try_saxon_input.xml",
                               stylesheet_file="try_saxon.xsl",
                               output_file=output_filename)
    try:
        with open(output_filename) as output_file:
            return bool({'duece' in output_file})
    except FileNotFoundError:
        return False


def main():
    with saxonc.PySaxonProcessor(license=False) as proc:
        print(f"Processor version: {proc.version}")
        print(f"Did try_to_string() work? - {try_to_string(proc)}")
        print(f"Did try_to_file() work? - {try_to_file(proc)}")
        print(f"Did try_to_file() (3.0) work? - {try_to_file(proc, '3.0')}")


if __name__ == '__main__':
    sys.exit(main())

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RE: PyXsltProcessor.transform_to_file() not working. - Added by O'Neil Delpratt about 3 years ago

Hi,

This looks like a bug. I will investigate it further.

In the case of the PyXslProcessor what happens if you add in the following methods after the transform_to_file()

if xsltproc.exception_occurred():
    print(xsltproc.get_error_message(0))

RE: PyXsltProcessor.transform_to_file() not working. - Added by Daniel Haley about 3 years ago

Thanks for the feedback.

After adding the methods, there is an exception printed:

net.sf.saxon.option.cpp.SaxonCException : No destination has been supplied

Thanks for the tip on using the "exception_occurred" method.

RE: PyXsltProcessor.transform_to_file() not working. - Added by O'Neil Delpratt about 3 years ago

The PyXslt30Processor is the preferred API for Xslt 3.0 processor.

But I still not sure my the PyXsltProcressor should fail. Maybe the xsltproc.set_cwd(dir) is required too. I will investigate this further.

RE: PyXsltProcessor.transform_to_file() not working. - Added by Daniel Haley about 3 years ago

Yes I switched over to PyXslt30Processor so I'm not blocked, but still wanted to figure out why I couldn't get PyXsltProcessor working.

I'm setting the cwd with xsltproc.set_cwd(os.getcwd()), so I don't think that's the issue.

Thanks for investigating!

RE: PyXsltProcessor.transform_to_file() not working. - Added by O'Neil Delpratt about 3 years ago

I will investigate this further as it might be a bug in the PyXsltProcessor class.

RE: PyXsltProcessor.transform_to_file() not working. - Added by O'Neil Delpratt about 3 years ago

Hi,

I have reported a bug on the underlying XsltProcessor class for PyXsltProcessor, see: https://saxonica.plan.io/issues/4943

The workaround for this class is to set the output file via set_output_file(filename_str) or using the set_property('o', 'outputfilename')

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