Saxon

I'm now running it in oxygen 15.1 build 2013110816, and can't reproduce the error. Could you try the latest build level please? If the problem persists, please let me know exactly what you are doing to run the stylesheet.

Hello,

I have tried to reproduce the problem and what I have noticed is that there are different behaviors when running the transformation with different Saxon distributions (EE, PE). I have tested in the command line.

When I run the transformation with Saxon PE the output is empty and there are no errors reported. With Saxon EE I get 2 compilation errors:

d:\workspace\eXml>java -cp lib\saxon9ee.jar;lib\notDistributed\saxon-license.lic net.sf.saxon.Transform 
-s:samples/personal.xml -xsl:saxon.fallback.bug.xsl -config:saxonConf.xml

Error on line 23 of saxon.fallback.bug.xsl:
  XPTY0020: Leading '/' cannot select the root node of the tree containing the context item:
  the context item is an atomic value
Error on line 23 of saxon.fallback.bug.xsl:
  XPTY0020: Leading '/' cannot select the root node of the tree containing the context item:
  the context item is an atomic value
Failed to compile stylesheet. 1 error detected.

To select a different Saxon distribution I have used a configuration file like this:

<configuration
  edition="EE"
  xmlns="http://saxon.sf.net/ns/configuration"/>

From the command line I have used the Saxon 9.5.1.2 version, the same version that is bundled with oXygen 15.1 version. The transformation result was the same when I executed the transformation from the command line or from oXygen with the same Saxon distribution.

I hope this helps in identifying the issue.

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Regards,

Radu

Radu Pisoi

XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger

http://www.oxygenxml.com

I'm actually getting these errors from the live validation in Oxygen, I wasn't even attempting to run the stylesheet, but if I do attempt to run the stylesheet against another file I get the same errors. I can also confirm that this error is only coming from Saxon EE, neither HE or PE complains. The error persists after upgrading Oxygen to build 2013110816.

If it makes any difference I'm on OS X 10.9, build 13A3017 with Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_65-b14-462-11M4609).

"Remove this and the error clears" in the ext:instruction refers to the xsl:fallback. I've updated the gist to reflect this it now says:

    <xsl:variable name="test" as="document-node(element(foo))?">
      <ext:instruction>
        <!-- If the xsl:fallback here is removed the error clears -->
        <xsl:fallback/>
      </ext:instruction>
    </xsl:variable>

I don't have any problems with these being added to the test suite.

I'll also add that if the xsl:fallback is non-empty the error clears. E.g.

<xsl:variable name="test" as="document-node(element(foo))?">
      <ext:instruction>
        <xsl:fallback>
          <xsl:document>
            <foo/>
          </xsl:document>
        </xsl:fallback>
      </ext:instruction>
    </xsl:variable>

It seems like the empty xsl:fallback element is possibly being evaluated as an empty string rather than as an empty sequence.

OK, I think it's almost certainly this bug here:

https://saxonica.plan.io/issues/1927

whose resolution will appear in the next maintenance release.