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RE: [xsl] handling failed document() invocations

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> One last question, how do I prevent Saxon from outputing the 
> following on System.out when document() fails?:

You can recover silently from recoverable errors by using the switch -w0
from the command line

cheers
andrew

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Barrett [mailto:JBarrett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 30 October 2002 00:42
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [xsl] handling failed document() invocations
> 
> 
> Great!
> 
> One last question, how do I prevent Saxon from outputing the 
> following on System.out when document() fails?:
> 
> Recoverable error
> Failure reading file:/C:/somefile.xml: no more input
> 
> 
> thanks again,
> +jeff
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Koberg [mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 3:36 PM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [xsl] handling failed document() invocations
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Since you are using saxon you can simply do something like:
> 
> <xsl:choose>
>   <xsl:when test="boolean($item-doc")">
>     <xsl:apply-templates select="$item-doc"/>
>   </xsl:when>
>   <xsl:otherwise>
>     <xsl:call-template name="content_not_found"/>
>   </xsl:otherwise>
> </xsl:choose>
> 
> If you want this to be non-(java)-processor-specific you 
> might want to use a(n?)
> URIResolver to return some well-formed error info.
> 
> best,
> -Rob
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of 
> Jeff Barrett
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 3:06 PM
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [xsl] handling failed document() invocations
> >
> >
> > I have a main XML document that has references to other XML document
> > instances.  These references take the form of an ID number that is
> > used to construct the path to an instance doc.  For example:
> >
> > <document>
> > 	<item id="14" />
> > 	<item id="94" />
> > </document>
> > <!----------------------------->
> > <xsl:stylesheet>
> > [...]
> > <xsl:variable name="instance-id" select="document/item/@id" />
> > <xsl:variable name="item-doc" select="document(
> > 'documents/$instance-id/item.xml' )" />
> > [...]
> > </xsl:stylesheet>
> >
> > The problem is there may not be a document there, which is an OK
> > state of affairs.  What is the xsl code idiom for detecting when
> > document() is unable to find a document at the given 
> location, and to
> > handle this in a more meaningful way than exiting on error?
> >
> > If it matters I'm using saxon 6.5.2.
> >
> > thanks,
> > +jeff
> >
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