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Transformer exception, location unknown, array out of bounds

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           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |ASSIGNED



------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED]  2002-04-30 16:07 -------
The problem is the current XPath parser in XalanJ has a limitation as to the 
size of an allowed XPath.  I admit this is awful, (and sorry about the lack of 
good error messages in this case), and defend myself only by saying this is 
very old code and I've intended to completely replace the XPath parser for over 
two years.  Over the next three months, this should really happen.

Is it an acceptable work-around to break up the select statements?  For 
instance:

  <xsl:variable name="prev"
    select="(preceding::book[1]
             |preceding::preface[1]
             |preceding::chapter[1]
             |preceding::appendix[1]
             |preceding::part[1]
             |preceding::reference[1]
             |preceding::refentry[1]
             |preceding::colophon[1]

             |preceding::sect1[$chunk.section.depth &gt; 0
                               and preceding-sibling::sect1][1]

             |preceding::sect2[$chunk.section.depth &gt; 1
                               and preceding-sibling::sect2
                               and parent::sect1[preceding-sibling::sect1]][1]

             |preceding::sect3[$chunk.section.depth &gt; 2
                               and preceding-sibling::sect3
                               and parent::sect2[preceding-sibling::sect2]
                               and ancestor::sect1[preceding-sibling::sect1]][1]

             |preceding::sect4[$chunk.section.depth &gt; 3
                               and preceding-sibling::sect4
                               and parent::sect3[preceding-sibling::sect2]
                               and ancestor::sect2[preceding-sibling::sect2]
                               and ancestor::sect1[preceding-sibling::sect1]][1]

             |preceding::sect5[$chunk.section.depth &gt; 4
                               and preceding-sibling::sect5
                               and parent::sect4[preceding-sibling::sect4]
                               and ancestor::sect3[preceding-sibling::sect3]
                               and ancestor::sect2[preceding-sibling::sect2]
                               and ancestor::sect1[preceding-sibling::sect1]][1]

             |preceding::section[$chunk.section.depth &gt; count
(ancestor::section)
                                 and preceding-sibling::section
                                 and not(ancestor::section[not(preceding-
sibling::section)])][1]

             |preceding::article[1]
             |preceding::bibliography[1]
             |preceding::glossary[1]
             |preceding::index[1]
             |preceding::setindex[1]
             |ancestor::set
             |ancestor::book[1]
             |ancestor::preface[1]
             |ancestor::chapter[1]
             |ancestor::appendix[1]

             |ancestor::sect1[$chunk.section.depth &gt; 0
                               and preceding-sibling::sect1][1]

             |ancestor::sect2[$chunk.section.depth &gt; 1
                               and preceding-sibling::sect2
                               and parent::sect1[preceding-sibling::sect1]][1]

             |ancestor::sect3[$chunk.section.depth &gt; 2
                               and preceding-sibling::sect3
                               and parent::sect2[preceding-sibling::sect2]
                               and ancestor::sect1[preceding-sibling::sect1]][1]

             |ancestor::sect4[$chunk.section.depth &gt; 3
                               and preceding-sibling::sect4
                               and parent::sect3[preceding-sibling::sect2]
                               and ancestor::sect2[preceding-sibling::sect2]
                               and ancestor::sect1[preceding-sibling::sect1]][1]

             |ancestor::sect5[$chunk.section.depth &gt; 4
                               and preceding-sibling::sect5
                               and parent::sect4[preceding-sibling::sect4]
                               and ancestor::sect3[preceding-sibling::sect3]
                               and ancestor::sect2[preceding-sibling::sect2]
                               and ancestor::sect1[preceding-sibling::sect1]][1]

             |ancestor::section[$chunk.section.depth &gt; count
(ancestor::section)
                                and not(ancestor::section[not(preceding-
sibling::section)])][1]

             |ancestor::part[1]
             |ancestor::reference[1]
             |ancestor::article[1])[last()]"/>

...could be broken into several variables, and then unioned together??

-scott