XTDE0410: Cannot create an attribute node after creating ...

WilliamYou · December 1st, 2012, 10:41 AM

Hello,

I've extracted this from my XSLT :

Code:

<xsl:element name="resource"><xsl:text>&#xa;</xsl:text>
    <xsl:variable name="OnTime" select="Resource:checkOnTime($resource, xs:string('PX8'), xs:integer(8))" as="xs:boolean"/>
    <xsl:variable name="OffTime" select="Resource:checkOffTime($resource, xs:string('PX8'), xs:integer(7))" as="xs:boolean"/>
    <xsl:if test="$OffTime or $OnTime">
        <xsl:element name="errors"><xsl:text>&#xa;</xsl:text>
            <xsl:variable name="errors"  select="Resource:getErrors($resource)"/>
            <xsl:variable name="count" select="Errors:getCount($errors)"/>
            <xsl:for-each select="0 to ($count -1)">
                <xsl:variable name="error" select="Errors:getError($errors, .)"/>
                <xsl:element name="error"><xsl:text>&#xa;</xsl:text>
                    <xsl:attribute name="id" select="Error:getID($error)"/>
                    <xsl:attribute name="severity" select="Error:getSeverity($error)"/>
                    <xsl:value-of select="Error:getDescription($error)"/>
                </xsl:element><xsl:text>&#xa;</xsl:text>
            </xsl:for-each>
        </xsl:element><xsl:text>&#xa;</xsl:text>
    </xsl:if>
</xsl:element>

Where $resource is a POJO class instance passed to the XSLT as a parameter. But when I run this transformation I get this error.

Code:

Error at xsl:if on line 235 
  XTDE0410: Cannot create an attribute node after creating a child of the containing element net.sf.saxon.s9api.SaxonApiException
*** the remainder removed for brevity ***

I am at a loss as to why such an error would be generated as I am clearly not creating an attribute but an element (as allowed by the Schema), and the creation of this element is of course subject to the outcome of the offending <xsl:if />

Can anyone shed some light on this for me please?

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William

samjudson · December 1st, 2012, 11:23 AM

The error is because you are creating an element, then adding text to it, then trying to add an attribute to it. You need to add the attributes first:

Code:

<xsl:element name="error">
    <xsl:attribute name="id" select="Error:getID($error)"/>
    ... other attributes ...
    <xsl:text>&#xa;</xsl:text>
    ... etc

WilliamYou · December 1st, 2012, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by samjudson

The error is because you are creating an element, then adding text to it, then trying to add an attribute to it. You need to add the attributes first:

Code:

<xsl:element name="error">
    <xsl:attribute name="id" select="Error:getID($error)"/>
    ... other attributes ...
    <xsl:text>&#xa;</xsl:text>
    ... etc

Excellent Sam. Thank you very much, I'd over done the formatting.

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William