When switching to jre 1.4.2 I have a problem to generate a new transformer using:

TransformerFactory transformerFactory =
        javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory.newInstance ();
Source xsl = new StreamSource(...);
transformerFactory.newTransformer(xsl);

The exception thrown is ConfigurationTransformerExcpetion: A location step was expected following the '/' or '//' token.

This exception does not occur in earlier JDKs and in any case it occurs only for part of my XSL files.

Is there a change in the XSL format that causes this exception?

I am not sure if it has anything to do with / or //. However, i know that when jdk1.4 was packed, it was shipped with older version of Xalan processor (which has TransformerFactory class) ver. 1.4 i think, and apache foundation has been using 2.0+. So, i think u need to put ur xalan-XXx.jar file b4 xxxx/tools.jar and xxxx/rt.jar and xxx/dt.jar. Try this. I had problems with Xalan package and jdk 1.4 when i was using XML database, Xindice, and after i changed the classpath it worked fine.

-Nikolas

I'm using latest java(1.4.2_04) and xalan(2.6) versions and I'm also gettting the same error. I have also put xalan and xerces jars on top in the classpath.

" org.mortbay.util.MultiException[javax.servlet.ServletException: javax.xml.transform.TransformerConfigurationExcept ion: javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: A location step was expected following the '/' or '//' token"

Please help if anyone knows about the solution...



Praveen

Hi am getting the same problem. javax.xml.transform.TransformerConfigurationExcept ion: javax.xml.transform.Trans
formerException: javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: A location step was e
xpected following the '/' or '//' token. I am using latest xalan . Does any one find solution on this. please post here
Thanks

To fix this problem I had to remove any relative path from the XSL script, such as
<xsl:variable name="location" select="../results/" />

A path expression never ends in "/", except for "/" used on its own to refer to the root node.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/