Hi,

I was trying to embed JavaScript in XSLT but could not succeed. It shows "Function not in the namespace Error in XPath expression. Function not in namespace". But the function is in the namespace. Please help me.. Here is the code.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
                xmlns:lxslt="http://xml.apache.org/xslt"
                xmlns:result="http://www.example.com/results"
                extension-element-prefixes="result"
                version="1.0">
  <lxslt:component prefix="result" elements="rules" functions="getResult">
    <lxslt:script lang="javascript">
        function getResult (thisGuess) {
          var thisResult = parseInt(Math.random()*100);
          if (thisResult == parseInt(thisGuess)) {
             return "Correct!";
          } else {
             return "Wrong! The actual answer was "+thisResult ", not "+thisGuess+".";
          }
        }
    </lxslt:script>
  </lxslt:component>
  <xsl:template match="/">
      <xsl:apply-templates/>
  </xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="entry">
      Guesser: <xsl:value-of select="player"/>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="guess"/>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="guess">
        Guess: <xsl:value-of select="."/>
          Actual: <xsl:value-of select="result:getResult(string(.))"/>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Thanks in Advance..

Regards,
Jagadeesh

You are using facilities that are specific to the Apache Xalan product, and I think you would be best off looking for help on a list specific to that product.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

You can use <script>

e.g.

<script type="text/javascript">
var temp, temp2, cookieArray, cookieArray2, cookieCount;
function initiate(){
  cookieCount=0;
  if(document.cookie){
    cookieArray=document.cookie.split(";");
    cookieArray2=new Array();
    for(i in cookieArray){
      cookieArray2[cookieArray[i].split("=")[0].replace(/ /g,"")]=cookieArray[i].split("=")[1].replace(/ /g,"");
    }
  }
</script>

> You can use <script>

Oh no you can't.

He's trying to call this function from within an XPath expression in the stylesheet: <xsl:value-of select="result:getResult(string(.))"/>

<script> just generates a script element in the output file. It might be executable when the output HTML is rendered by the browser, but it certainly can't be invoked during the XSLT transformation.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

Hi,

Could you please suggest me some tutorial for javascript embedment in XSLT. I am actually using Altova XMLSPY to test it and run the project using xalan. Please give me atleast a sample code that will run in Altova XMLSPY. I could not find a proper tutorial.

Thank you very much,

Regards,
Jagadeesh

Extension functions are done differently in different processors. I'm not familiar in depth with either Xalan or Altova and neither has experts answering questions on this forum. It's very unlikely that you can use Javascript extensions in a way that is portable between these two processors. Perhaps you should be looking at whether you really need Javascript or whether there is a better solution to your requirement.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

I may have misunderstood the question.

I understand that it can't be invoked during the XSLT transformation however, can you can dynamic write the javascript with xslt

Could this be possible for <xsl:value-of select="result:getResult(string(.))"/>

<xsl:text>result:getResult(</xsl:text>
     <xsl:value-of select="string(.)"/>
<xsl:text>)</xsl:text>

I ask because I do this often:

e.g.

Its possible I am still misunderstanding the question. I often reply and respond to a post to learn more.

Bones

There is a world of difference between calling script at the time you do a transformation and generating script in the output HTML page. The difference is most obvious if the transformation is done on the server, perhaps at the time the document is published rather than at the time it is requested by the end user. When the transformation is done in the browser there may be cases where the same functionality can be achieved, but it's still essential to understand the difference - for example, transformation-time script can never interact with the user.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

As always, thank you.