Re: [xsl] Flagging records that don't match a particular pattern

["Grant Slade" <grant.slade@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have been investigating using xsl:message to try and capture
problems in my stylesheet.  I find that it does send a message to the
processor, but I'm unsure how to capture that message within the Java
application.  Is that possible?

On 3/20/07, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Since you are using XSLT 2.0 you could use xsl:result-document to create an
> output file to hold the validation messages. Alternatively you might be able
> to use xsl:message, by directing the xsl:message output to a suitable
> destination.
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Grant Slade [mailto:grant.slade@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 20 March 2007 01:07
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [xsl] Flagging records that don't match a particular pattern
> >
> > Hello - I am relatively new to xslt.  I was wondering how to
> > flag records that don't match a pattern.  I am going to be
> > iterating through about 8000 xml files in java transforming
> > them from one xml to another format required by a different
> > company.  I know that I am going to miss some of the patterns
> > at first but was wondering if there's a way to flag the files
> > that don't match up and maybe write them to a seperate directory.
> >
> > For example in matching author tags (<AU>Slade, Grant^Riggins,
> > John</Au>) - could I do something in the xsl:otherwise part?:
> >    <xsl:template match="AU">
> >         <contrib contrib-type="author">
> >             <xsl:choose>
> >                 <xsl:when test="contains(., '^')">
> >                     <xsl:for-each select="tokenize(.,'\^')">
> >                         <xsl:choose>
> >                             <xsl:when test="contains(.,',')">
> >                                 <name>
> >                                     <surname>
> >                                         <xsl:value-of
> > select="substring-before(.,',')"/>
> >                                     </surname>
> >                                     <given-names>
> >                                         <xsl:value-of
> > select="substring-after(.,',')"/>
> >                                     </given-names>
> >                                 </name>
> >                             </xsl:when>
> >                         </xsl:choose>
> >                     </xsl:for-each>
> >                 </xsl:when>
> >                 <xsl:otherwise>OUTPUT TO DIFFERENT DIRECTORY
> > HERE?</xsl:otherwise>
> >             </xsl:choose>
> >         </contrib>
> >     </xsl:template>