Re: [xsl] Pure Union Type

Subject: Re: [xsl] Pure Union Type
From: "Dimitre Novatchev dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 4 May 2014 15:49:25 -0000
Thank you for the precise explanation, Michael.

I would be glad if you add this test-case to the W3C XSLT 3.0 test suite.

Cheers,
Dimitre

On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 6:32 AM, Michael Kay mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx
<xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The cause of the problem here is that your numeric type does not include
xs:decimal as one of its member types; it only includes an anonymous type
derived from decimal by restriction. The number 3.3 is not an instance of this
anonymous type, and therefore it is not an instance of the union.
>
> My first thought was to define the union as
>
>             <xs:union>
>                 <xs:simpleType ref="xs:decimal"/>
>                 <xs:simpleType ref="xs:integer"/>
>                 <xs:simpleType ref="xs:float"/>
>                 <xs:simpleType ref="xs:double"/>
>             </xs:union>
>
> But for some reason XSD doesn't allow this; it has to be
>
>             <xs:union memberTypes="xs:decimal xs:integer xs:float
xs:double"/>
>
> This should now work, but it hits a Saxon bug:
>
> java.lang.ClassCastException: com.saxonica.ee.schema.UserUnionType cannot be
cast to net.sf.saxon.type.AtomicType
>
> The type checking code for arithmetic expressions isn't allowing for the
statically-inferred type of the argument to be a union type. I will fix this.
>
> Unless you have any objections I will add your test case as
import-schema-193 to the W3C XSLT 3.0 test suite.
>
> Michael Kay
> Saxonica
>
> On 4 May 2014, at 05:31, Dimitre Novatchev dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx
<xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> <xsl:stylesheet version="3.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
>> xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"; xmlns:my="my:my"
>> exclude-result-prefixes="xs my">
>> <xsl:output method="text"/>
>> <xsl:import-schema>
>>     <xs:schema xsl:validation="strict">
>>         <xs:simpleType name="numeric">
>>             <xs:union>
>>                 <xs:simpleType>
>>                     <xs:restriction base="xs:decimal"/>
>>                 </xs:simpleType>
>>                 <xs:simpleType>
>>                     <xs:restriction base="xs:integer"/>
>>                 </xs:simpleType>
>>                 <xs:simpleType>
>>                     <xs:restriction base="xs:float"/>
>>                 </xs:simpleType>
>>                 <xs:simpleType>
>>                     <xs:restriction base="xs:double"/>
>>                 </xs:simpleType>
>>             </xs:union>
>>         </xs:simpleType>
>>     </xs:schema>
>> </xsl:import-schema>
>> <xsl:template match="/">
>>     <xsl:sequence select="3 castable as numeric"/>
>>     =============================================
>>     <xsl:sequence select="my:add(3.3 cast as numeric, 5.787 cast as
numeric)"/>
>> </xsl:template>
>>
>> <xsl:function name="my:add" as="numeric">
>>     <xsl:param name="pLeft" as="numeric"/>
>>     <xsl:param name="pRight" as="numeric"/>
>>
>>     <xsl:sequence select="($pLeft + $pRight) cast as numeric"/>
>> </xsl:function>
>> </xsl:stylesheet>
>



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