Hi Tobias
Thanks for the test case you sent me off-list. I've fixed the problem now so
either the current CVS version or the the next daily build of XTags should
have the patch applied.
FYI I've added your test case to the example web application in
xtags/examples/web/test/xslt/dummy.*
James
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Subject: Re: Antwort: Re: XTags: Passing non String Parameters to a
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> Hello James,
>
> I just tried out the nightly build. I have still a problem, which I have
> no idea to solve it:
>
> If I pass a parameter like
>
> <xtags:param name="response" value="{$response}"/>
>
> I get the follwing error message:
>
> Error in tag library at: 'xtags': for tag 'param', property 'value' of tag
> handler class 'org.apache.taglibs.xtags.xslt.ParamTag', the property value
> must be a runtime expression "<%=...%>", since we cannot do an automatic
> convertion from "$response" to type 'java.lang.Object'
>
> The problem is probably the conversion from a XPath Expression to a Java
> Object?
>
> If I pass the the parameter in <%= %> Notation
>
> <xtags:param name="response" value="<%= response %>"/>
>
> the toString representation of the response object is taken and I get an
> error that java.lang.String does not provide a encodeURL Method:
>
> javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: java.lang.NoSuchMethodException:
> For e
> xtension function, could not find method
> java.lang.String.encodeURL([ExpressionC
> ontext,] #STRING).
>
> Do you have any idea of how to solve this dilemma?
>
> Thank you -- Tobias
>
> PS: The stylesheet itself works. Just to be sure I did the transformation
> directly via the javax.xml.transform.Transformer and the setParameter
> Method.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "James Strachan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 23.11.2001 15:23
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shawn Bayern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > On Fri, 23 Nov 2001, James Strachan wrote:
> >
> > > Shawn, do you want to apply a similar patch to the XML tags in JSTL,
> > > to allow a parameter value to be an Object? I'll do it if you like?
> > > Basically Transformer.setParameter(String name, Object value) can take
> > > a value of Object rather than just a String. It would need a change to
> > > the param tag in JSTL to support supplying a value...
> > >
> > > <x:transform ...>
> > > <x:param name="foo" value="$bar"/>
> > > </x:transform>
> >
> > James & Tobias -- Thanks, this is exactly the sort of feedback that
> makes
> > early-access especially useful.
> >
> > While this change is pretty minor, it would still require a modification
> > to the functional description of the tags, so I'll bounce the issue up
> to
> > the spec leads. The "standard" taglib (the RI) is spec-driven, so it
> > shouldn't initiate the change.
>
> Agreed.
>
> PS - I think I just beat you to it and bouced it up just before you ;-)
>
> James
>
>
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