Hi Marius I'm sorry about the delay. I will try and take a look at this when I get a chance but unfortunately I am not an expert (by a long way) on this area of the code so I will need quite a while to familiarize myself with it.
Cheers, Lawrence > -----Original Message----- > From: Marius Gleeson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 3:20 PM > To: dev@xmlbeans.apache.org; dev@xmlbeans.apache.org; > user@xmlbeans.apache.org > Subject: RE: solution to Saxon 8.1.1 dependency & saxon namespaces > > I am using all of this under jdk 1.4 without any issues. I just had to > include the extra jars that the newer version of saxon needed. > By catching a higher exception the dependancy on saxon 8.1.1 can be > removed and the saxon library will be pluggable with any upward version > even on jdk1.4 ( Assuming that you include the new saxan dependant jars > ) > > Marius. > > On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 12:44:40 -0800, "Cezar Andrei" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Marius, > > > > See a previous answer on this topic: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/user@xmlbeans.apache.org/msg00836.html > > > > We're still committed to have XMLBeans working with a 1.4 JDK, so we > > cannot apply your patch right now. But starting with v3 we'll most > > probably drop this requirement and your patch will come handy. > > > > Cezar > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Marius Gleeson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 9:03 PM > > > To: dev@xmlbeans.apache.org; user@xmlbeans.apache.org > > > Subject: Saxon 8.1.1 dependency & saxon namespaces > > > > > > I am using a later version of saxon by making a simple change to the > > > following classes and rebuilding the xbean_xpath.jar > > > > > > File:org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.xpath.saxon.XBeansXPath.java > > > Change > > > import net.sf.saxon.xpath.XPathException > > > to > > > import net.sf.saxon.trans.XPathException > > > > > > File:org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.xpath.saxon.XBeansXQuery.java > > > Change > > > import net.sf.saxon.xpath.XPathException > > > import net.sf.saxon.xpath.StaticError > > > to > > > import net.sf.saxon.trans.XPathException > > > import net.sf.saxon.trans.StaticError > > > > > > This will allow you to use the new versions of Saxon as the only > > problem > > > is a package name change. > > > It would be good to maybe replace the explicit catching of these > > > exceptions with more generic ones so that any version of Saxon can be > > > used without the need to have a different xbean_xpath.jar. > > > > > > While on the topic, I have needed to pass namespaces to the Saxon > > engine > > > for xpath processing. > > > However this is not possible through the xmlbeans interfaces because > > it > > > creates a new (empty) Map and hands this to saxon as its namespace > > list. > > > I have however made a simple change to > > > org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.store.Path to allow it to use the namespace > > map > > > in the XmlOptions instance that is passed on the call to selectPath. > > > The following snipit from my org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.store.Path.java > > > shows the changes, > > > > > > From Line 78 > > > public static Path getCompiledPath(String pathExpr, XmlOptions > > options) > > > { > > > options = XmlOptions.maskNull(options); > > > > > > int force = > > > options.hasOption(_useXqrlForXpath) > > > ? USE_XQRL > > > : options.hasOption(_useXbeanForXpath) > > > ? USE_XBEAN > > > : USE_XBEAN|USE_XQRL|USE_SAXON; //set all bits > > > //******* passing options parameter > > > return getCompiledPath(pathExpr, force, > > > getCurrentNodeVar(options),options); > > > } > > > > > > //******* added options parameter to this method > > > static synchronized Path getCompiledPath(String pathExpr, int > > force, > > > String currentVar,XmlOptions options) > > > { > > > Path path = null; > > > Map namespaces = null; > > > //******* If there are suggested namespaces then use them instead of > > > just creating an empty map. > > > if ((options != null) && > > > (options.hasOption(XmlOptions.SAVE_SUGGESTED_PREFIXES)) ) { > > > namespaces = (Map) > > > options.get(XmlOptions.SAVE_SUGGESTED_PREFIXES); > > > } > > > else { > > > namespaces = (force & USE_SAXON) != 0 ? new HashMap() : > > > null; > > > } > > > . > > > . > > > . > > > > > > It would be really great to have this functionality back in the main > > > branch. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Marius. > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
