Have you looked into using the JSTL XML core and transform tag libraries? I haven't used them yet, but they have tags which allow you to parse and transform.
robert > -----Original Message----- > From: Kransen, J. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 4:47 AM > To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' > Subject: [OT] How to do Xalan parsing of XML file retrieved with HTTP? > > > Hello, > > I have a .jsp that outputs a XML file. I have another .jsp in which I want > to parse the XML file using an XSL file. So in the latter .jsp I want to do > something like this: > > <textarea><% > > String xslFile = getServletContext().getRealPath("/xml/risc2cvs.xsl"); > > TransformerFactory tFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance(); > Transformer transformer = tFactory.newTransformer(new > StreamSource(xslFile)); > > // write the content of the parsed XML file > transformer.transform(new > StreamSource("http://localhost/risc/readonly.jsp";), new StreamResult(out)); > > %></textarea> > > However, when I do this, I get the following error message: > > The element type "base" must be terminated by the matching end-tag "". > > With this stack trace: > javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: The element type "base" must be > terminated by the matching end-tag "". > at > org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.fatalError(TransformerImpl.java > :744) > at > org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.transform(TransformerImpl.java: > 720) > at > org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.transform(TransformerImpl.java: > 1192) > at > org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.transform(TransformerImpl.java: > 1170) > at > org.apache.jsp.cvs_005fuittreksel_jsp._jspService(cvs_005fuittreksel_jsp.jav > a:109) > ... > > > When instead I try to parse a local XML file, there are no problems: > String xmlFile = getServletContext().getRealPath("/xml/temp.xml"); > transformer.transform(new StreamSource(xmlFile), new StreamResult(out)); > > But then, when I try to parse the very same file as accessed through HTTP, I > get the very same error: > transformer.transform(new > StreamSource("http://localhost/risc/xml/temp.xml";), new StreamResult(out)); > > I was thinking that maybe the HTTP headers aren't stripped before the > parsing. Does anybody know what to do here? > > Thanks in advance! > > Jeroen > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
