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| <s1 title="<xsl:comment> / <xsl:message>"> |
| |
| <ul> |
| <li><link anchor="functionality">Functionality</link></li> |
| <li><link anchor="implementation">Implementation</link></li> |
| </ul> |
| <anchor name="functionality"/> |
| <s2 title="Functionality"> |
| |
| <p>The <code><xsl:comment></code> element is used to insert XML comments |
| into the result document. The comment is inserted as follows in the XSL |
| stylesheet:</p> |
| |
| <source> <element> |
| <xsl:comment>This is a comment!</xsl:comment> |
| </element></source> |
| |
| <p>and it will be output in the result document as follows:</p> |
| |
| <source> <element> |
| <!-- This is a comment! --> |
| </element></source> |
| |
| <p>The <code><xsl:message></code> element is used to send messages to |
| who/whatever is performing the transformation. The message can be displayed |
| in a terminal, a dialog box, etc. The <code><xsl:message></code> element |
| is used in the same way as the <code><xsl:comment></code> element, |
| however the message is <em>not</em> output in the result document.</p> |
| |
| <p>The <code><xsl:message></code> element has an attribute |
| <code>"terminate"</code> which can be used to terminate the transformation at any |
| given stage. This is useful when using message to give information about |
| illegal values in the input document.</p> |
| </s2><anchor name="implementation"/> |
| <s2 title="Implementation"> |
| |
| <p>The output handler class has a method for outputting comments in the |
| output document and messages to the operator. The code compiled for a |
| comment gathers all text that goes into the comment in a StringValueHandler |
| object, retrieves the full text string from this handler, and then finally |
| sends it to the output handler. Similarly the code compiled for a message |
| will simply send the message to the output handler in use.</p> |
| |
| <p>Messages will be output to the terminal (stdout) when a transformation |
| is run in a terminal. The message will be output before the beginning of the |
| output document. Messages will be shown in a dialog box if a transformation |
| is run in an applet.</p> |
| |
| <p><code><xsl:message></code> elements that use the <code>"terminate"</code> |
| attribute to abort transformations cause an exception to be thrown. A |
| RuntimeException is used for this, and the exception text is:</p> |
| <p><code>Termination forced by an xsl:message instruction</code></p> |
| </s2> |
| </s1> |
