This will vary from one product to another, but the facilities in Saxon are
defined at
http://www.saxonica.com/documentation/extensibility/collation.html
You should be able to get a collation suitable for German simply by using
lang="de" on xsl:sort, though it you need to use it for other operations
such as < and > then you will need to use a collation URI, which in Saxon is
http://saxon.sf.net/collation?lang=de
If you want to set up your own Java RuleBasedCollator you can; if the
relevant class is BasicGerman and it's on the classpath then you can use
http://saxon.sf.net/collation?class=BasicGerman
If you don't want to use Saxon-specific URIs, then you can implement your
own CollationURIResolver.
Saxon-specific questions are best asked on the saxon-help list or forum at
SourceForge.net
Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
-----Original Message-----
From: Wolfgang Schindler [mailto:w(_dot_)schindler(_at_)pons(_dot_)de]
Sent: 07 November 2006 11:22
To: XSL-List(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: [xsl] How to define a custom collation for Saxon8-8J
Hi,
I defined a rudimentary German collation in a basicGerman.java file:
String simpleRule ="a < ä < A < Ä < b < c < d < e < f < g < h
< i < j < k < l < m < n < o < p < q < r < s < t < u < v < w <
x < y < z"; RuleBasedCollator basicGerman = new
RuleBasedCollator (simpleRule);
(Please note: It's far from perfect and doesn't cover
everything needed for German)
Then I wanted to use that collation for sorting in XSLT:
<xsl:template match="myroot">
<myroot>
<xsl:apply-templates>
<xsl:sort select="stich"
collation="file://D:/saxonsa8-8j/basicGerman"/>
</xsl:apply-templates>
</myroot>
</xsl:template>
When I execute that XSLT I get the following error:
Error at xsl:sort on line 10 of file:/D:/saxonsa8-8j/sort.xsl:
XTDE1035: Collation file://D:/saxonsa8-8j/basicGerman has
not been defined Failed to compile stylesheet. 1 error detected.
How is a collation "defined" for XSLT sorting?
Many thanks in advance!
Wolfgang
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