XalanNode getNodeValue always returns NULL

[Rene van Hoek]

Hi,

I am using Xalan 1.8.0 and Xerces 2.6.0 in C++.

I have an XML document which I first transform into an other XML
document using an XSL styelsheet. Then I want to parse with
XPathEvaluator the new XML document.

I succeed in transforming, also in parsing with the XPathEvaluator.
But I can not get any nodeValue, getNodeValue() returns NULL.

A snapshot of the code is below:

for (int cnt = 0; cnt < length; cnt++) {
DOMNode* sheet = sheets->item(cnt);

XercesDocumentW rapper theXalanDoc(the DOM, true, true, true);
XercesWrapperNa vigator theNavigator(&t heXalanDoc);
XalanNode* theSheet = theXalanDoc.map Node(sheet);

XalanSourceTree DOMSupport theDOMSupport;
XalanDocumentPr efixResolver thePrefixResolv er(&theXalanDoc );
XPathEvaluator theEvaluator;

// OK, let's find the context node...
XalanNode* const theSeqNode
=theEvaluator.s electSingleNode (theDOMSupport, theSheet, L"./seq",
thePrefixResolv er);
XalanNode::Node Type type = theSeqNode->getNodeType( );
//getNodeValue Always returns NULL ????
XalanDOMString sheet_seq = theSeqNode->getNodeValue() ;
}

I am new in using Xerces and Xalan, so this code may seem clumsy to
you. The getNodeType returns an value I excpet, also the method
getNodeName(), getNodeValue() always returns NULL. The XML source has
an value.
The complete code is below:
DOMDocument * theDOM =
DOMImplementati on::getImplemen tation()->createDocument ();
XMLErrorHandlin g::XMLError xml_error(_sloc );
FormatterToXerc esDOM theFormatter(th eDOM, NULL);

try {
XalanTransforme r theXalanTransfo rmer;
theXalanTransfo rmer.setErrorHa ndler(&xml_erro r);
theXalanTransfo rmer.transform( "xml_file.x ml",
L"questionaire_ retrieve_sheets .xsl", theFormatter);
}
catch (...) {
theDOM->release();
theDOM = NULL;
return 0;
}

int length = 0;

DOMNodeList* sheets = NULL;
sheets = theDOM->getElementsByT agName(std::wst ring(L"sheet"). c_str());

if (NULL == sheets)
return 0;

length = sheets->getLength();
for (int cnt = 0; cnt < length; cnt++) {
DOMNode* sheet = sheets->item(cnt);

XercesDocumentW rapper theXalanDoc(the DOM, true, true, true);
XercesWrapperNa vigator theNavigator(&t heXalanDoc);
XalanNode* theSheet = theXalanDoc.map Node(sheet);

XalanSourceTree DOMSupport theDOMSupport;
XalanDocumentPr efixResolver thePrefixResolv er(&theXalanDoc );
XPathEvaluator theEvaluator;

// OK, let's find the context node...
XalanNode* const theSeqNode =
theEvaluator.se lectSingleNode( theDOMSupport, theSheet, L"./seq",
thePrefixResolv er);
XalanNode::Node Type type = theSeqNode->getNodeType( );
XalanDOMString sheet_seq = theSeqNode->getNodeValue() ;

}
Thanks you in advance.

[Martin Honnen]

Rene van Hoek wrote:

I am using Xalan 1.8.0 and Xerces 2.6.0 in C++.

I have an XML document which I first transform into an other XML
document using an XSL styelsheet. Then I want to parse with
XPathEvaluator the new XML document.

I succeed in transforming, also in parsing with the XPathEvaluator.
But I can not get any nodeValue, getNodeValue() returns NULL.

A snapshot of the code is below:

for (int cnt = 0; cnt < length; cnt++) {
DOMNode* sheet = sheets->item(cnt);

XercesDocumentW rapper theXalanDoc(the DOM, true, true, true);
XercesWrapperNa vigator theNavigator(&t heXalanDoc);
XalanNode* theSheet = theXalanDoc.map Node(sheet);

XalanSourceTree DOMSupport theDOMSupport;
XalanDocumentPr efixResolver thePrefixResolv er(&theXalanDoc );
XPathEvaluator theEvaluator;

// OK, let's find the context node...
XalanNode* const theSeqNode
=theEvaluator.s electSingleNode (theDOMSupport, theSheet, L"./seq",
thePrefixResolv er);
XalanNode::Node Type type = theSeqNode->getNodeType( );
//getNodeValue Always returns NULL ????
XalanDOMString sheet_seq = theSeqNode->getNodeValue() ;
}

I am new in using Xerces and Xalan, so this code may seem clumsy to
you. The getNodeType returns an value I excpet, also the method
getNodeName(), getNodeValue() always returns NULL. The XML source has
an value.

What kind of node is that, an element node? For element nodes the
nodeValue is defined to be null, it is not (as many people expect) the
content of the element.
Here is the W3C DOM definition of Node and nodeValue:
http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Le...#ID-1950641247

You might want
./seq/text()
as the XPath expression you evaluate, that returns (with
selectSingleNod e) as single text node and for text nodes the nodeValue
is the text content.

This is all based on my experience with other DOM and XPath
implementations I know, I don't use Xalan/Xerces C myself.

--

Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Rene van Hoek]

Martin Honnen <ma*******@yaho o.de> wrote in message news:<41******* *************** @newsread4.arco r-online.net>...

Rene van Hoek wrote:

I am using Xalan 1.8.0 and Xerces 2.6.0 in C++.

I have an XML document which I first transform into an other XML
document using an XSL styelsheet. Then I want to parse with
XPathEvaluator the new XML document.

I succeed in transforming, also in parsing with the XPathEvaluator.
But I can not get any nodeValue, getNodeValue() returns NULL.

What kind of node is that, an element node? For element nodes the
nodeValue is defined to be null, it is not (as many people expect) the
content of the element.
Here is the W3C DOM definition of Node and nodeValue:
http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Le...#ID-1950641247

You might want
./seq/text()
as the XPath expression you evaluate, that returns (with
selectSingleNod e) as single text node and for text nodes the nodeValue
is the text content.

This is all based on my experience with other DOM and XPath
implementations I know, I don't use Xalan/Xerces C myself.

Hi,

Thanks for your reply. The returned node type is an element node.
Indeed according to the specification, the nodevalue is defined to be
NULL. When I do ./seq/text() I get an text node, which has an value.

Thanks.