Does xalan XSLT processor really makes HTTP connection?

Hi All, In our XSLT file we have following declarations. This file is processed by XALAN processor.    http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">     Please let me know if xalan, while processing a file it really makes HTTP connection to www.w3.or

Problem with set:difference

I have found a problem that manifests itself in the set:difference extension function. The error I get is "Assertion fails: Can not get a DTM unless a DTMManager has been set" in org.apache.xpath.NodeSet.addNodes (line 441) In the sample below you get the exception, but it succeeds if you remov