Step through xsl file

[kevin2010]

I am debugging an xsl transformation. I can place break points in the source xml document and the process halts at the appropriate point. However, I have added breakpoints to the xsl script and the process runs to completion. I did notice that this also occurred with the xml doc when I was using the the Saxon parser, rather than xalan.

Any ideas?

Regards

Kevin

[adrian]

Hello,

As you know not all parsers are created equal and some will optimize the code up to a level where some breakpoints will be completely skipped.

e.g. If I set a breakpoint on a variable declaration:

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<xsl:variable name="myvar"> 

  <xsl:value-of select="*[1]"/>

</xsl:variable>

) Saxon 6.5.5 and Xalan will stop there during debugging but Saxon-HE/PE/EE will not. There are some optimizations made and the code from the variable might be used in-line.

So my question is: Do some of the breakpoints work in the XSL? Or whatever you try and wherever you place them they refuse to work?

Regards,
Adrian