[xsl] Problem with identity transform and Saxon

[Kenneth Stephen <marvin.the.cynical.robot@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

    I have the following code :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet
        xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
        xmlns:exsl-common="http://exslt.org/common";
        version="1.0">

        <xsl:variable name="rtf" xml:space="preserve">
                <a>
                        <b />
                </a>
        </xsl:variable>

        <xsl:template match="/">
                <xsl:apply-templates select="exsl-common:node-set($rtf)" />
        </xsl:template>

        <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
                <xsl:copy>
                        <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()" />
                </xsl:copy>
        </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

java net.sf.saxon.Transform <XSL filename> <XSL filename>

produces the following :

Warning: Running an XSLT 1.0 stylesheet with an XSLT 2.0 processor
java.lang.StackOverflowError
        at java.lang.Object.getClass(Native Method)
        at
net.sf.saxon.value.SingletonNode.convertToJava(SingletonNode.java:192)
        at
net.sf.saxon.functions.ExtensionFunctionCall.setupParams(ExtensionFunctionCal
l.ja
va:330)
        at
net.sf.saxon.functions.ExtensionFunctionCall.call(ExtensionFunctionCall.java:
211)
        at
net.sf.saxon.functions.ExtensionFunctionCall.iterate(ExtensionFunctionCall.ja
va:1
11)
        at net.sf.saxon.expr.ItemChecker.iterate(ItemChecker.java:83)
        at net.sf.saxon.value.Closure.iterate(Closure.java:201)
        at net.sf.saxon.value.Value.getIterator(Value.java:202)
        at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ApplyTemplates$ApplyTemplatesPackage.processLeavingTail
(App
lyTemplates.java:431)
        at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ApplyTemplates.applyTemplates(ApplyTemplates.java:276)
        at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ApplyTemplates$ApplyTemplatesPackage.processLeavingTail
(App
lyTemplates.java:431)
.
.
.
.
        at
net.sf.saxon.instruct.ApplyTemplates.applyTemplates(ApplyTemplates.java:276)
Exception in thread "main"

    This is with Saxon 8.4. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,
Kenneth