Hello,
The EXSLT extension functions and elements are a set of extensions
that many XSLT engines support. Xalan has an implementation of many
of these functions.
I am trying to use the EXSLT extension functions provided by
org.apache.xalan.lib.* both in a J2EE application server and (for
debugging) on the command line. However, I get the error that
"TransformException: Instance method call to method date-time requires
an Object instance as first argument." However this method is static
(I looked it up in cvs).
What is the correct way to use these extension functions? Does anyone
have a few good examples? Or can anyone suggest what I might be doing
wrong?
I am using JDK 1.4 and I have followed the tips for using xalan on JDK
1.4. In particular, I have the latest xalan, xerces, and xml-api's
jar files in an endorsed lib directory.
Here's my command-line for testing:
java -classpath
-Djava.endorsed.dirs=/apps/sjes/opt/SUNWam/lib/endorsed
org.apache.xalan.xslt.Process -IN input.xml -XSL portal_rss.xsl -OUT
out.html
EnvironmentCheck tells me that I have xerces 2.6.2 and xalan 2.6.0.
Here's the namespace declaration:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
xmlns:rss="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/";
xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#";
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";
xmlns:netscape="http://my.netscape.com/rdf/simple/0.9/";
xmlns:datetime="http://exslt.org/date-and-times";>
Here's where I am using the extension function:
<td align="left"><span class="small">Consumed:
<xsl:value-of select="datetime:date-time()"/></span></td>
Referenced information:
The xalan implementation class's javadocs:
http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/apidocs/org/apache/xalan/lib/ExsltDatetime.html
The implementation class in cvs:
http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/xml-xalan/java/src/org/apache/xalan/lib/ExsltDatetime.java
The exslt web site's section on the datetime functions:
http://www.exslt.org/date/
Thank you,
Matt
