Through guessing and dumb luck, I have solved the NullPointerException
using Xalan with Spring Framework, though I still cannot figure out to
debug Xalan under eclipse.
In my Spring file, I declare my bean as;
<bean id="XsltBean" class="myClass">
<property name="transformer" value="/path/to/my.xslt"/>
</bean>
Changing the bean line to the following made the NullPointerException go
away;
<bean id="XsltBean" class="myClass" singleton="false">
--CB
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brown, Charles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 4:14 PM
> To: Chris Bare; xalan-j-users@xml.apache.org
> Subject: RE: Debugging hints please
>
>
> Chris,
>
> Thanks for tips. Hope you have more.
>
> I did create a xalan project, and modified my target
> project's Build Path to use it instead of a xalan JAR.
>
> I tried your ClassPathInfo on my TransformerFactory
> object. But, the
> getCodeSource() call returns null.
>
> I still get a warning out of eclipse that I can't set a
> breakpoint in xalan, because "missing line number
> attributes". Which I think means that the xalan in the rt.jar
> is being used, since my xalan project definitely compiles
> with line number attributes generated.
>
> Also, I did use the eclipse 'debug...' menu and tried to
> set java.endorsed.dirs to include the path to xalan class
> files in the xalan project. But, a getProperty call shows
> this property is set to null when I run debug. This perhaps,
> is a side effect of the Spring Framework, as when I run a
> simple main it seems to point to JRE_HOME/lib/endorsed. So,
> I tried using a setProperty call within the program, but that
> didn't seem to phase it either.
>
> More hints?
>
> --CB
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris Bare [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 1:36 PM
> > To: xalan-j-users@xml.apache.org
> > Subject: RE: Debugging hints please
> >
> >
> > Here's a little thing I use to figure out if I'm really
> > getting the classes from the jar that I think I'm getting:
> >
> >
> > /**
> > * tell what class an object is and where in the
> > classpath it came from
> > */
> > public static String getClassPathInfo(Object object) {
> > try {
> > return "class: "
> > + object.getClass().getName() +
> > System.getProperty("line.separator")
> > + "code source: " +
> >
> >
> object.getClass().getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation();
> > }
> > catch (Exception e) {
> > return "Exception in getClassPathInfo: " +
> e.getMessage();
> > }
> > }
> >
> > You probably already know this, but:
> >
> > You can create a xalan project in eclipse and then link the
> > your project to the xalan project by right-clicking on your
> > project in the Package Explorer view and selecting properties
> > | Java Build Path | Projects and adding the xalan project to
> > the build path.
> >
> > Alternatively, build your own xalan.jar, add it to your
> > project (properties | Java Build Path | Libraries | Add
> > External Jar). Then right click on the jar in the package
> > explorer and select properties | java source attachment.
> >
> >
>
