-----Original Message----- From: Blaine McNutt (rbmcnutt) [mailto:rbmc...@cisco.com] Sent: 23 June 2009 20:20 To: xsl-...@lists.mulberrytech.com Subject: [xsl] Calling a Java extension from XSLT using Saxon B

I am not a Java programmer, but I would like to use an extension to check for the existence of an image file referenced by an XML file (as I believe that is the only way to check for the existence of a non-XML file). This topic has been discussed a lot on various aliases, and despite my best efforts, I'm unable to unravel the mystery. 

I've included what I believe to be relevant information.

Error Message:

-------------- Error at xsl:value-of on line 15 column 48 of nxs-test-image-exists.xsl:   XPST0017: XPath syntax error at char 20 on line 15 in {nxs:fileExist(@osrc)}:     Cannot find a matching 1-argument function named {java:FileExist}fileExist() Failed to compile stylesheet. 1 error detected.

Saxon-B 9.1.7 J stored in xmlsrc/xTools/saxon9.

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Java program (compiled and the FileExist.class file stored in xmlsrc/xTools/saxon9/classes)

/* Source: http://p2p.wrox.com/xslt/71563-xslt-check-if-directory-exist.html */

import java.io.File;

public class FileExist {

    private static boolean exist;

    public static boolean fileExist(String myfile) {

        exist = new File(myfile).exists();

        return exist;

    } }

XML Snippet for img element

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... <img osrc="../../images/1982.jpg" />

...

XSLT

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"                 xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"                 xmlns:nxs="java:FileExist">

<xsl:output method="xml"/>

<xsl:template match="/">                 <xsl:apply-templates /> </xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="img">                 <xsl:value-of select="nxs:fileExist(@osrc)" /> </xsl:template>      </xsl:stylesheet>

Korn Shell script/command line call:

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# define saxon command line saxon="java -classpath xTools/saxon9/classes; -jar -Xmx1G xTools/saxon9/saxon9.jar -tree:tiny -dtd:off -ext:on " # call transform $saxon deliverables/help/helpFile.xml   xslt/nxs-test-image-exists.xsl > imageerror.xml

Thank you for any insights you might offer.