RE: [xsl] XSLT 2.0: Saxon et. al.: Tracking XML source line numbers

[Justin Johansson <procode@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks again, Michael.
Having slept on that one, I realized this morning that your method could be
adopted to do exactly just this.


>I'd suggest generating a stylesheet that's pure XSLT plus added
>my:line-number attributes. Then write a SAX filter which you put between the
>XML parser and the XSLT processor, and which feeds Saxon the faked line
>numbers from these attributes.
>
>You certainly don't need to change a line of Saxon code to achieve this: you
>can even do it using pure JAXP interfaces.
>
>Michael Kay

Justin Johansson
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