[saxon] Specifying the output file location succinctly when using result- document and the Java API.

[Shuetrim, Geoff <gshuetrim@kp...>]

I have written a custom Java class that is intended to provide all of the
same functionality that is provided by net.sf.saxon.Transform but using a
custom URIResolver.
 
This is working fine except for some difficulties with the output to a named
file where I am finding that, in using the result-document element, I run
into trouble because I need to specify the output document using the
"file:/" syntax (which I would prefer to avoid).
 
Advice on how to get an output document specification such as "log.xml" to
be "fixed" so that it is available in the desired "file:/C:/myfiles/log.xml"
format when result-document elements are being processed would be much
appreciated,
 
Regards
 
Geoff Shuetrim.
 
PS:  I am using the Xerces Java 2 parser rather than Aelfred if that makes
any difference regarding this issue.
PPS: I hope this is not too far off topic for the mailing list.


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[saxon] Specifying the output file location succinctly when using result- document and the Java API.

[Shuetrim, Geoff <gshuetrim@kp...>]

I have written a custom Java class that is intended to provide all of the
same functionality that is provided by net.sf.saxon.Transform but using a
custom URIResolver.
 
This is working fine except for some difficulties with the output to a named
file where I am finding that, in using the result-document element, I run
into trouble because I need to specify the output document using the
"file:/" syntax (which I would prefer to avoid).
 
Advice on how to get an output document specification such as "log.xml" to
be "fixed" so that it is available in the desired "file:/C:/myfiles/log.xml"
format when result-document elements are being processed would be much
appreciated,
 
Regards
 
Geoff Shuetrim.
 
PS:  I am using the Xerces Java 2 parser rather than Aelfred if that makes
any difference regarding this issue.
PPS: I hope this is not too far off topic for the mailing list.


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RE: [saxon] Specifying the output file location succinctly when using result- document and the Java API.

[Michael Kay <michael.h.kay@nt...>]

Since you are using xsl:result-document, I guess you are on Saxon 7.1.
 
So you have three options:
 
(1) specify a relative URI (href="log.xml"), which will be interpreted
relative to the system ID of the principal result document (which must
be known, and must be a "file:/" URI)
 
(2) specify an absolute URI (href="file:/c:/myfiles/log.xml")
 
(3) specify an arbitrary URI (in fact, an arbitrary string) which you
then interpret using your own OutputURIResolver. For example, you could
write an OutputURIResolver that interprets the "URI" as a Windows
filename.
 
Michael Kay

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Subject: [saxon] Specifying the output file location succinctly when
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I have written a custom Java class that is intended to provide all of
the same functionality that is provided by net.sf.saxon.Transform but
using a custom URIResolver.
 
This is working fine except for some difficulties with the output to a
named file where I am finding that, in using the result-document
element, I run into trouble because I need to specify the output
document using the "file:/" syntax (which I would prefer to avoid).
 
Advice on how to get an output document specification such as "log.xml"
to be "fixed" so that it is available in the desired
"file:/C:/myfiles/log.xml" format when result-document elements are
being processed would be much appreciated,
 
Regards
 
Geoff Shuetrim.
 
PS:  I am using the Xerces Java 2 parser rather than Aelfred if that
makes any difference regarding this issue.
PPS: I hope this is not too far off topic for the mailing list.


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Re: [saxon] Specifying the output file location succinctly when using result- document and the Java API.

[Trevor Nash <tcn@me...>]

On Tue, 27 Aug 2002 17:22:57 +1000, Geoff Shuetrim wrote:

>I have written a custom Java class that is intended to provide all of =
the
>same functionality that is provided by net.sf.saxon.Transform but using =
a
>custom URIResolver.
>=20
Why not just use JAXP?

>This is working fine except for some difficulties with the output to a =
named
>file where I am finding that, in using the result-document element, I =
run
>into trouble because I need to specify the output document using the
>"file:/" syntax (which I would prefer to avoid).
>=20
>Advice on how to get an output document specification such as "log.xml" =
to
>be "fixed" so that it is available in the desired =
"file:/C:/myfiles/log.xml"
>format when result-document elements are being processed would be much
>appreciated,
>=20
I wrote a modification (for Saxon 6) which allows you to specify an
OutputURIResolver, which you might be able to use for something like
this.  I intend to update this for Saxon 7 sometime, not sure when
yet.

But be careful: "log.xml" by itself is a relative URI, interpreting it
as a filename may cause surprises.  What is so inconvenient about
putting file:/ on the front?  There should not be any need to include
the C:/myfiles bit, if you mean to write into the 'current' directory.

Regards,
Trevor Nash
Melvaig Software Engineering Limited
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