Xalan-J 2.7.0's xsl:system-property() gives me strange results: $ cat dummy.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><dummy/>
$ cat sysprops.xsl <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/> <xsl:template match="/"> <system-properties> <version><xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:version')"/></version> <vendor><xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:vendor')"/></vendor> <vendor-url><xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:vendor-url')"/></vendor-url> <xsl:if test="system-property('f:version')" xmlns:f="http://xmlns.4suite.org/ext"> <f:version><xsl:value-of select="system-property('f:version')"/></f:version> </xsl:if> </system-properties> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> $ xalan -IN dummy.xml -XSL sysprops.xsl -OUT out file:///portnoy/home/mike/xml/test/sysprops.xsl; Line #12; Column #89; Do not currently do anything with namespace http://xmlns.4suite.org/ext in property: f:version file:///portnoy/home/mike/xml/test/sysprops.xsl; Line #13; Column #73; Do not currently do anything with namespace http://xmlns.4suite.org/ext in property: f:version $ cat out <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <system-properties> <version>1</version> <vendor>Apache Software Foundation</vendor> <vendor-url>http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j</vendor-url> <f:version xmlns:f="http://xmlns.4suite.org/ext">1</f:version> </system-properties> 1. Why the namespace warnings? First, "Do not currently do anything with namespace" doesn't make sense (is this a request being made of me?) ... Second, I don't see why it's showing up; there's nothing wrong with my use of the namespace there. 2. Why is there a "1" as the value of the foreign system property? It shouldn't exist at all. 3. Furthermore, if I invoke org.apache.xalan.xslt.Process from the command line and give it a -v or -V argument, I'm told I'm running version 2.4.1, whereas I'm clearly running 2.7.0: $ cd /home/mike/xml $ /bin/ls -l xalan lrwxr-xr-x 1 mike mike 13 Aug 29 10:29 xalan -> xalan-j_2_7_0 $ java -classpath /home/mike/xml/xalan/bin/xalan.jar:/home/mike/xml/xalan/bin/xml-apis.jar:/home/mike/xml/xalan/bin/xercesImpl.jar org.apache.xalan.xslt.Process -V >>>>>>> Xalan Version Xalan Java 2.4.1, <<<<<<< Error: No stylesheet or input xml is specified. Run this command without any option for usage instructions. These are bugs, right?