Dunbar, Norman (Capgemini) wrote: > Hi Eddie, > > I'm not the world's greatest XML/XSLT/DocBook/Java guru, but it appears to me > that the error is coming from the Saxon XSLT processor. So, while your XML is > valid and correct, it's hitting some limit inside the Saxon utility - that > limit looks like the Java stack. > > I notice from the errors that you are using DocBook - have you got sections > within sections within sections or similar, that are nested quite deeply? It > could be this that is causing the processor to barf. > > The problem, looking at the Saxon mailing list thread here : > > http://markmail.org/message/m476x6ntpq4n562q#query:saxon%20TransformerException%20%22Too%20many%20nested%20apply-templates%22+page:1+mid:idrf6wvgglxqasu6+state:results > > could be because the Java system hasn't got enough stack space, so maybe the > following might help: > > * Try running the conversion using the command line utility "xslutilc.bat" as > found in your bin folder, where XSL FO is installed. See section 2.5 in the > manual(s) found in your doc folder. > > * If that still fails, edit the file and find this line, at the end: > > "%java%" -Xss4m -Xmx512m -classpath "%jars%" com.xmlmind.xslutil.Start %* > > The -Xss4m sets the Java stack size to a maximum of 4Mb. You can probably > fiddle with this setting to see if you get further. Try 8Mb or higher to see > if it gets fuirther through your transform before barfing or even, if it > actually works to completion. > > > I'm sorry but I have not tested the above. For details of the command line > usage, see section 2.5 in the manual. (Found in your doc folder). > >
Everything you say is correct and thank you for explaining this. In our experience, Saxon 6 or 9 is rock solid and does not consume a lot of heap space and even less stack space (4Mb is already a pretty large stack space). Therefore we would say that the problem found by Eddie comes either from a very peculiar DocBook document or from a bug in the DocBook XSL stylesheets. In both cases, we really need the input file causing the problem in order to find out what happens. > Cheers, > Norman. > > Norman Dunbar > Contract Senior Oracle DBA > Capgemini Database Team (EA) > Internal : 7 28 2051 > External : 0113 231 2051 > -- XMLmind FO Converter Support List [email protected] http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xfc-support
