Re: [xsl] Where does <xsl:message> output go?

[Martin Honnen <Martin.Honnen@xxxxxx>]

Costello, Roger L. wrote:

> I know that when I run an XSLT transform from the DOS command line,
> the contents of <xsl:message> goes to the command line.
>
> If I invoke an XSLT transform using, say, a Java program, where does
> the <xsl:message> content go? If there are multiple <xsl:message>
> elements, does their content all go to the same place? Where? Is it
> the same for every XSLT processor?

I don't think so, it will depend on the API of the XSLT processor you 
use and how you set up your application to receive those messages.
Saxon 9.2 has this documentation:
http://www.saxonica.com/documentation/xsl-elements/message.html

.NET's XslCompiledTransform has this event
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.xml.xsl.xsltargumentlist.xsltmessageencountered(v=VS.90).aspx

to show just two examples of how processors allow you to handle the 
messages.


> What happens to the in-memory result tree when the XSLT processor
> encounters an <xsl:message terminate="yes"> element?

Transformation fails with terminate="yes".

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