RE: [xsl] Saxon: java extension functions

["Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Your code is fine.

I forgot common mistake number 4: running the transformation using the -jar
option. This ignores the setting of the classpath. Run it using java
net.sf.saxon.Transform and all will probably be well.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Lewis [mailto:richardlewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 15 February 2005 16:21
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [xsl] Saxon: java extension functions
> 
> Hello List,
> 
> This is a Saxon question:
> 
> I'm using Saxon 8.2B and I'm trying to add an extension 
> class, MyClass.
> 
> <xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" ...
>     xmlns:my="java:MyClass">
> 
> and create an instance of it:
> 
> <xsl:variable name="myClass" select="my:new($parameter)" />
> 
> and then call an instance function:
> 
> <xsl:variable name="x" select="my:getX($myClass, $parameter)" />
> 
> But, running Saxon with the -TJ options, I get "No Java class MyClass
> could be loaded". I've tried every namespace I could think of
> ("java://MyClass", "MyClass", "java:/usr/share/java/MyClass",
> "MyClass.class", etc.) but none of them work. The class is in the
> classpath (I even tried compiling and running a little Java program
> using it and that worked).
> 
> Any ideas what I've done wrong?
> 
> Cheers,
> Richard