Re: [xsl] how to avoid losing data when the transformation fails

["Liam R. E. Quin liam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2025-05-15 at 17:50 +0000, Wolfhart Totschnig
wolfhart.totschnig@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> What is the proper way to deal with this problem?

In most cases the best way is to have Saxon output to a temporary file,
check the status, and then rename the temporary file.

However, within XSLT you can use try/catch

<xsl:initial-templage name="my:wrapper">
  <xsl:try>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="/" />
  </xsl:try>
  <xsl:catch>
    <xsl:copy-of select="/" />
  </xsl:catch>
</xsl:initial-template>

might be one approach, roughly (i didn't try it).

But it might be better to think about how to handle the situation
instead of failing, if possible.

liam

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