Xalan entity error when a Java method

Hello,

I searched the archives but found nothing that could solve my problem.

I have an input XML file containing an element like this:
<delimiter>&amp;</delimiter>.  When I use the following:
<outputField>
   <value-of select='InputDoc/header/controls/delimiter'/>
</outputField>

The ampersand is correctly moved to the output field.

However, when I call a Java method to do some processing, null is passed
instead of the ampersand.  The Xalan error message I get is:
[Fatal Error] :1:24: The entity name must immediately follow the '&' in the
entity reference.

It loooks like Xalan resolved the entity and is passing the &, but one of
the extensions thinks its the beginning of an entity.

I think the error message is being generated by a Xalan extension, but I
cannot determine this.  Anyhow, null is being passed to my Java method.

Has anyone encountered this problem?

Here is a stacktrace:
        at
com.contivo.runtime.common.TText.validatePresentation(TText.java:59)
        at
com.contivo.runtime.common.TFormater.isCorrectFormat(TFormater.java:339)
        at
com.contivo.runtime.common.TFormater.validateNTrimSourceString(TFormater.jav
a:1414)
        at
com.contivo.runtime.common.TFormater.validateNTrimSourceString(TFormater.jav
a:1315)
        at
com.contivo.runtime.common.TXSLTFormater.validateNTrimSourceString(TXSLTForm
ater.java:466)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor11.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl
.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
        at
org.apache.xalan.extensions.ExtensionHandlerJavaClass.callFunction(Extension
HandlerJavaClass.java:282)
        at
org.apache.xalan.extensions.ExtensionsTable.extFunction(ExtensionsTable.java
:257)
        at
org.apache.xpath.functions.FuncExtFunction.execute(FuncExtFunction.java:181)
        at
org.apache.xpath.Expression.executeCharsToContentHandler(Expression.java:301
)
        at
org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemValueOf.execute(ElemValueOf.java:319)
        at
org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTemplates(Transform
erImpl.java:2182)
        at
org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemTemplate.execute(ElemTemplate.java:430)
        at
org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemCallTemplate.execute(ElemCallTemplate.java:27
9)
        at
org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTemplates(Transform
erImpl.java:2182)
        at
org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemChoose.execute(ElemChoose.java:177)
        at
org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTemplates(Transform
erImpl.java:2182)
        at
org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.transformToRTF(TransformerImpl.
java:1725)
        at
org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemVariable.getValue(ElemVariable.java:327)
        at
org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemVariable.execute(ElemVariable.java:282)
        at
org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTemplates(Transform
erImpl.java:2182)
        at
org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.transformToRTF(TransformerImpl.
java:1725)
        at
org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemVariable.getValue(ElemVariable.java:327)
        at
org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemVariable.execute(ElemVariable.java:282)
        at
org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTemplates(Transform
erImpl.java:2182)
        at
org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemLiteralResult.execute(ElemLiteralResult.java:
678)
        at
org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTemplates(Transform
erImpl.java:2182)
        at
org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemLiteralResult.execute(ElemLiteralResult.java:
678)
        at
org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTemplates(Transform
erImpl.java:2182)
        at
org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemLiteralResult.execute(ElemLiteralResult.java:
678)
        at
org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTemplates(Transform
erImpl.java:2182)
        at
org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemLiteralResult.execute(ElemLiteralResult.java:
678)
        at
org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTemplates(Transform
erImpl.java:2182)
        at
org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.applyTemplateToNode(Transformer
Impl.java:2008)
        at
org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.transformNode(TransformerImpl.j
ava:1171)
        at
org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.transform(TransformerImpl.java:
638)
        at
org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.transform(TransformerImpl.java:
1088)
        at
org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.transform(TransformerImpl.java:
1066)
        at org.apache.xalan.xslt.Process.main(Process.java:865)

Thank you,
Don Leckie


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