Simon, can you tell me which parser and XSLT processor combination gave you these problems? I'd like to reproduce the problem so I can be sure I fix them correctly. Thanks.
On 06.02.2005 13:54:54 Simon Pepping wrote: > Hi Jeremias, > > I have errors with the layoutengine test files, for example: > > text-decoration1.xml(org.apache.fop.layoutengine.LayoutEngineTestSuite$1)java.lang.RuntimeException: > Expected XPath expression to evaluate to 'line-through', but got 'li' > (XPath: //flow/block[3]/lineArea/inlineparent[1]/text) > > This is due to the fact that the text may be split over more than one > text area. Indeed, whether I get the error depends on which parser > version I use; different parsers may produce different arrangements of > text over text areas. > > If you change the test to: > > <eval expected="line-through" > xpath="//flow/block[3]/lineArea/inlineparent[1]"/> > > the error disappears. I think XObject.str() applies the XPath string > function, which returns the string-value of the first node. If you > evaluate the parent node 'inlineparent', you get the string-value of > all of its children, which is usually what you want to have. > > There are many such cases in the test files. I think you should modify > all cases where you test on the content of a text area. Jeremias Maerki
