Hi, Mike I am not 100% sure about this problem. Sounds as if it is related to different versions of same jar files were loaded at the same time. Try to replace the %Tomcat_Home%/common/endorsed/xercesImpl.jar with the jar packed with Xalan.
Christine Li XSLT Development IBM Toronto Lab Tel: (905)413-2601 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Mike McLean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Christine Li" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> om> cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Adjacent CDATA node problems 03/19/2003 07:29 PM Hi Christine, Thanks for the reply. It looks like I'm getting closer. I'm hopping that the cdata problem will be solved by using either 2.4.1 or 2.5.1. You're right. An environment check showed me I was using 2.2D11. Now it's using the correct version 2.4.1. BUT: I'm now getting a strange error, and I'm sure it's something really, really stupid and I'll be kicking myself for not solving it myself and showing my ignorance to the world ... What's this all about? I get this running the sample code as well as my own code. (This is so frustrating. I was ready to deliver the app when I noticed the adjacent cdata problem) 86324 [Thread-12] FATAL actions.ShowArchiveServlet - java.lang.VerifyError: Cannot inherit from final class java.lang.VerifyError: Cannot inherit from final class at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass0(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:502) at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:123) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClassInternal(WebappCla ssLoader.java:1664) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClass(WebappClassLoader .java:953) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader .java:1394) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader .java:1274) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:315) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.createContentDispatcher( Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.<init>(XMLDocument FragmentScannerImpl.java:248) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.<init>(XMLDocumentScannerI mpl.java:245) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.<init>(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.IntegratedParserConfiguration.createDocumentSc anner(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DTDConfiguration.<init>(DTDConfiguration.java: 366) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.StandardParserConfiguration.<init>(StandardPar serConfiguration.java:197) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.IntegratedParserConfiguration.<init>(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.IntegratedParserConfiguration.<init>(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorA ccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingCons tructorAccessorImpl.java:27) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:274) at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:306) at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:259) at org.apache.xerces.util.ObjectFactory.newInstance(ObjectFactory.java:293) at org.apache.xerces.util.ObjectFactory.createObject(ObjectFactory.java:224 ) at org.apache.xerces.util.ObjectFactory.createObject(ObjectFactory.java:119 ) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser.<init>(SAXParser.java:140) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser.<init>(SAXParser.java:125) at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl.<init>(SAXParserImpl.java:102) at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl.newSAXParser(SAXParserFactor yImpl.java:95) at org.apache.xalan.processor.TransformerFactoryImpl.newTemplates(Transform erFactoryImpl.java:937) at org.apache.xalan.processor.TransformerFactoryImpl.newTransformer(Transfo rmerFactoryImpl.java:788) -----Original Message----- From: Christine Li [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: March 19, 2003 6:47 PM To: Mike McLean Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Adjacent CDATA node problems >I would like to upgrade to 2.5.1d but can't because I keep getting this error as soon as I replace the jar: > The output format must have a '{ http://xml.apache.org/xslt}content-handler' property It is a problem of Sun JRE 1.4.* has a bundled old version xalan. You can use the "Endorsed Standards Override Mechanism", copy a newer version of Xalan.jar in the /lib/endorsed directory of JRE Christine Li XSLT Development IBM Toronto Lab Tel: (905)413-2601 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]