JDK-6409233 : XSLTC 'Could not compile stylesheet' 'Error checking type of the expression 'funcall( ... )'.'
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: xml
  • Sub-Component: javax.xml.transform
  • Affected Version: 5.0
  • Priority: P2
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Not an Issue
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2006-04-05
  • Updated: 2012-04-25
  • Resolved: 2006-04-21
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JDK 6
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Description
Routinely hitting errors of the following form where the types should be compatible, but
xsltc is claiming they aren't.

ERROR:  'Error checking type of the expression 'funcall(matches, [literal-expr(aba), literal-expr(a)])'.'
FATAL ERROR:  'Could not compile stylesheet'

javax.xml.transform.TransformerConfigurationException: Could not compile stylesheet
	at com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.TransformerFactoryImpl.newTemplates(TransformerFactoryImpl.java:824)
	at com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.TransformerFactoryImpl.newTransformer(TransformerFactoryImpl.java:619)
Comments
WORK AROUND In order to execute this stylesheet with an XSLT 1.0 processor like XSLTC, the XPath 2.0 function call should be guarded using function-available(). See, http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#function-function-available
21-04-2006
EVALUATION XSLTC is reporting a type error because the function 'matches' is undefined. This function is not an XPath 1.0 function, so the stylesheet cannot be compiled. I do not see any problem with this behavior: there is not way the processor can evaluate an expression with an undefined function in it.
18-04-2006
EVALUATION as a test case is provided, this CR is being accepted for evaluation. note that any fix may need to be applied to both Mustang & JAXP 1.3.x repositories.
18-04-2006