Subject: Re: [xsl] Saxon error: "If none of the conditions is satisfied, an empty sequence..." From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 11:14:28 -0400 |
<xsl:variable name="seq_position" as="xs:integer?"> <xsl:number/> </xsl:variable>
Cheers, Wendell
On 23/05/2011 23:47, tom a wrote:Hello,
When attempting to compile a stylesheet containing the following variable definition:
<xsl:variablename="seq_position"as="xs:integer*"> <xsl:choose> <xsl:whentest="name() eq 'step1'"> <xsl:sequenceselect="count(preceding-sibling::step1) + 1"/> </xsl:when> <xsl:whentest="name() eq 'step2'"> <xsl:sequenceselect="count(preceding-sibling::step2) + 1"/> </xsl:when> <xsl:whentest="name() eq 'step3'"> <xsl:sequenceselect="count(preceding-sibling::step3) + 1"/> </xsl:when> <xsl:otherwise> <xsl:sequenceselect="99+1"/><!--trying to placate saxon-> </xsl:otherwise> </xsl:choose> </xsl:variable> I get the error: "XTTE0570: Conditional expession: If none of the conditions is satisfied, an empty sequence will be returned, but this is not allowed as the value of variable $seq_position" I haven't the foggiest idea why this would be. Any help would be most greatly appreciated.
I assume you only get the error when the xsl:otherwise branch is absent, and when the declared type really doesn't allow an empty sequence (for example, as="xs:integer+" rather than as="xs:integer*"). The reason for the error is that omitting the otherwise branch is equivalent to writing
<xsl:otherwise><xsl:sequence select="()"/></xsl:otherwise>
and this would give a type error on the grounds that () is not a legal value for the variable.
However, there have been a number of complaints about this interpretation of the spec, and I'm going to change it in the next release so you get a compile time warning, followed by a run-time error if the otherwise branch is actually selected.
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