[xsl] if child element does not exist stop generation

Subject: [xsl] if child element does not exist stop generation
From: "Mikael Petterson \(KI/EAB\)" <mikael.petterson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 11:58:15 +0200
Hi,

I have the following line in my xml:
=========================
.....
<attribute name="reserved">
   <description>
     Reference to other product
   </description>
   <readOnly/>
   <dataType>
     <sequence>
       <moRef name="Object"/>
       <length>5</length>
       <nonUnique/>
      </sequence>
    </dataType>
 </attribute>

I need to check if there is a <length>-element as child to <sequence>
otherwise I need to terminate my code generation.

All hints are very much appreciated.

Cheers,

//Mikael

This is my xsl:

 <xsl:when test="sequence">
     <xsl: if test="not(name(./*)='length')">
      <xsl:message terminate="yes">
        <!-- class name and attribute error message -->
         Attribute:<xsl:value-of select="../@name"/>
         Error:sequence missing <length> child!
       </xsl:message>
      </xsl:if>
  </xsl:when>

I get the following error message:

[java] [Fatal Error] interface.xsl:477:11: Element or attribute do not match
QName production: QName::=(NCName':')?NCName.

     [java] ** Transformer Factory error
     [java]    javax.xml.transform.TransformerConfigurationException:
javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException:
Element or attribute do not match QName production:
QName::=(NCName':')?NCName.
     [java] javax.xml.transform.TransformerConfigurationException:
javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException:
Element or attribute do not match QName production:
QName::=(NCName':')?NCName.
     [java]     at
org.apache.xalan.processor.TransformerFactoryImpl.newTemplates(TransformerFac
toryImpl.java:807)
     [java]     at
org.apache.xalan.processor.TransformerFactoryImpl.newTransformer(TransformerF
actoryImpl.java:666)
     [java]     at se.ericsson.xml2j.common.Main.main(Main.java:82)
     [java]     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native
Method)
     [java]     at
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
     [java]     at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.
java:25)
     [java]     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
     [java]     at
org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ExecuteJava.run(ExecuteJava.java:193)
     [java]     at
org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ExecuteJava.execute(ExecuteJava.java:130)
     [java]     at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Java.run(Java.java:705)
     [java]     at
org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Java.executeJava(Java.java:177)
     [java]     at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Java.execute(Java.java:83)
     [java]     at
org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:275)
     [java]     at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:364)
     [java]     at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:341)
     [java]     at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:369)
     [java]     at
org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1214)
     [java]     at
org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1062)
     [java]     at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:673)
     [java]     at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.startAnt(Main.java:188)
     [java]     at
org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:196)
     [java]     at
org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:55)

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