Great! Thanks for this information. On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Josef Bajada <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Rafan, > > I managed to find a simpler solution... so logging it here for anyone like me > who might be desperately looking for it. > > This is not standard BPEL and depends on Saxon's Extension mechanism to call > Java classes, but works just fine in my case. > > In the example below I am using Java's SimpleDateFormat to format the date > and copying it into an xsd:string called result. > Since SimpleDateFormat needs to be instantiated with the pattern, there is > the first call with sdf:new(pattern) > > > <bpel:copy xmlns:sdf="java:java.text.SimpleDateFormat"> > <bpel:from > expressionLanguage="urn:oasis:names:tc:wsbpel:2.0:sublang:xpath2.0"> > sdf:format(sdf:new('yyyyMMDDHHmmss'), current-dateTime()) > </bpel:from> > > <bpel:to part="payload" variable="output"> > <bpel:query > queryLanguage="urn:oasis:names:tc:wsbpel:2.0:sublang:xpath1.0"><![CDATA[tns:result]]></bpel:query> > </bpel:to> > </bpel:copy> > > > More details about Saxon's extension mechanism here. > http://saxon.sourceforge.net/saxon7.9.1/extensibility.html > > regards, > Josef > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rafal Rusin [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 11 August 2010 17:20 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Date manipulation functions in BPEL > > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Josef Bajada <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks Rafan. >> >> It seems such an overkill to need to have a separate XSL style-sheet just to >> format a date variable to a string. >> Maybe there is a simpler way? > > Currently it's not possible. > You can create jira issue for it. > >> >> Regards, >> Josef >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Rafal Rusin [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: 11 August 2010 15:05 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Date manipulation functions in BPEL >> >> Hello, >> >> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Josef Bajada <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi Rafal, >>> >>> Thanks for your feedback. I had forgot to include the xmlns:xsd namespace. >>> It worked like a charm now. >>> >>> Any idea about how to use XSLT functions? I would like to use the >>> format-dateTime() but I can't find how to use it directly. >>> >> >> I think the best way is to use XSLT transforms, since those XSLT >> functions require XSLT context in Saxon. >> This should help: >> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ode/trunk/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestXslTransform/ >> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Josef >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Rafal Rusin [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: 11 August 2010 13:43 >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: Date manipulation functions in BPEL >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Josef Bajada <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> I am trying to use ODE for some simple BPEL proof-of-concepts and I have >>>> stumbled upon some difficulties to manipulate dates and times. >>>> >>>> I have managed to call current-dateTime() through XPath 2.0 as follows: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> <bpel:from part="payload" variable="output"> >>>> >>>> <bpel:query >>>> queryLanguage="urn:oasis:names:tc:wsbpel:2.0:sublang:xpath2.0"><![CDATA[ >>>> current-dateTime()]]></bpel:query> >>>> >>>> </bpel:from> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> However, I haven't managed to perform a simple addition like this: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> <bpel:from part="payload" variable="output"> >>>> >>>> <bpel:query >>>> queryLanguage="urn:oasis:names:tc:wsbpel:2.0:sublang:xpath2.0"><![CDATA[ >>>> current-dateTime() + xs:dayTimeDuration('P1D')]]></bpel:query> >>>> >>>> </bpel:from> >>> >>> Such thing worked for me: >>> >>> xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"; >>> <bpws:copy> >>> <bpws:from >>> expressionLanguage="urn:oasis:names:tc:wsbpel:2.0:sublang:xpath2.0"><![CDATA[current-dateTime() >>> + xsd:dayTimeDuration('P1D')]]></bpws:from> >>> <bpws:to><![CDATA[$response.body/hello:text]]></bpws:to> >>> </bpws:copy> >>> >>> Please try to make it pass first. >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I also don't have any idea how to call an XSLT function such as >>>> format-dateTime(). >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I wish to do something like the following, but I have no idea how to do >>>> it in BPEL. When I try the following I get an error saying that I cannot >>>> use format-dateTime() in a non-XSLT context: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> format-dateTime(current-dateTime(), "Y-M-D H:m:s")) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> thanks, >>>> >>>> Josef >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> Rafał Rusin >>> http://rrusin.blogspot.com >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Rafał Rusin >> http://rrusin.blogspot.com >> > > -- > Regards, > Rafał Rusin > http://rrusin.blogspot.com >
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