RE: [xsl] String conversion problem when string is large

["Bulgrien, Kevin" <Kevin.Bulgrien@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Bulgrien, Kevin [mailto:Kevin.Bulgrien@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 2:06 PM
To: 'xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [xsl] String conversion problem when string is large

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Kay [mailto:mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 1:39 PM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [xsl] String conversion problem when string is large

The simplest solution is to just find a different XSLT processor, one that
implements tail recursion optimization. Saxon, for example.

You could rewrite the code either to use XSLT 2.0 string handling or to use
divide-and-conquer recursion, but unless there is something that ties you to
your current XSLT processor there is no need to change the code.

Michael Kay
Saxonica
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I didn't expect that answer... I guess that's encouraging.

I have tried the Java version of SaxonB 9-1-0-8j, but some links appeared to
be broken (or else something on my company proxy choked) on the SourceForge
relative to the most recent .zip of SaxonHE9-4 so I didn't try it before
today.  Since your reply, I tried some creative Googling and turned up a
download link that works.  I'll give try SaxonHE9-4-0-3J.zip a try.

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Well, I tried SaxonHE9-4 and got:

$ java -Xms1g -Xmx2g -jar ~/bin/saxon9he.jar -t -s:develop/idiffout.xml
-xsl:idiffout.xsl -o:idiffout.csv
Saxon-HE 9.4.0.3J from Saxonica
Java version 1.6.0_22
Warning: at xsl:stylesheet on line 2 column 80 of idiffout.xsl:
  Running an XSLT 1 stylesheet with an XSLT 2 processor
Stylesheet compilation time: 437 milliseconds
Processing
file:/home/kbulgrien/cvs/r8000/update/IDiff2DUA/develop/idiffout.xml
Using parser
com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser
Building tree for
file:/home/kbulgrien/cvs/r8000/update/IDiff2DUA/develop/idiffout.xml using
class net.sf.saxon.tree.tiny.TinyBuilder
Tree built in 162 milliseconds
Tree size: 6616 nodes, 570130 characters, 10303 attributes
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
        at
net.sf.saxon.tree.util.FastStringBuffer.condense(FastStringBuffer.java:485)
        at
net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct.DocumentInstr.evaluateItem(DocumentInstr.java:308)
        at
net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionTool.evaluate(ExpressionTool.java:320)
        at
net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct.GeneralVariable.getSelectValue(GeneralVariable.jav
a:529)
        at
net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct.Instruction.assembleParams(Instruction.java:187)
        at
net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct.CallTemplate.processLeavingTail(CallTemplate.java:
369)
        at
net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct.Block.processLeavingTail(Block.java:615)
        at
net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct.Choose.processLeavingTail(Choose.java:794)
        at
net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct.Block.processLeavingTail(Block.java:615)
        at net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct.Template.expand(Template.java:231)
        at
net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct.CallTemplate$CallTemplatePackage.processLeavingTai
l(CallTemplate.java:526)
        at
net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct.ApplyTemplates.apply(ApplyTemplates.java:239)
        at
net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct.ApplyTemplates.processLeavingTail(ApplyTemplates.j
ava:199)
        at
net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct.Block.processLeavingTail(Block.java:615)
        at
net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct.Choose.processLeavingTail(Choose.java:794)
        at
net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct.Block.processLeavingTail(Block.java:615)
        at
net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct.Template.applyLeavingTail(Template.java:212)
        at net.sf.saxon.trans.Mode.applyTemplates(Mode.java:1034)
        at
net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct.ApplyTemplates$ApplyTemplatesPackage.processLeavin
gTail(ApplyTemplates.java:476)
        at
net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct.ApplyTemplates.apply(ApplyTemplates.java:239)
        at
net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct.ApplyTemplates.processLeavingTail(ApplyTemplates.j
ava:199)
        at
net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct.Block.processLeavingTail(Block.java:615)
        at
net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct.Template.applyLeavingTail(Template.java:212)
        at net.sf.saxon.trans.Mode.applyTemplates(Mode.java:1034)
        at
net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct.ApplyTemplates.apply(ApplyTemplates.java:237)
        at
net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct.ApplyTemplates.processLeavingTail(ApplyTemplates.j
ava:199)
        at
net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct.Choose.processLeavingTail(Choose.java:794)
        at
net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct.Block.processLeavingTail(Block.java:615)
        at
net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct.Template.applyLeavingTail(Template.java:212)
        at net.sf.saxon.trans.Mode.applyTemplates(Mode.java:1034)
        at
net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct.ApplyTemplates.apply(ApplyTemplates.java:237)
        at
net.sf.saxon.expr.instruct.ApplyTemplates.processLeavingTail(ApplyTemplates.j
ava:199)

$ tail -1 idiffout.csv | awk 'BEGIN { FS=","; } { print NF " vs " $9 " }' -
3954 vs 53392

I don't know if there is a better way to invoke the processor or not, nor if I
should try the .NET version instead.
I suppose it is possible that something else in the overall transform is to
blame, but the transform exploded in the same spot.

Kevin Bulgrien


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