<xsl:value-of select="count('/GROUPS/GROUP')"/> does not work.

[Son KwonNam]

When I try <xsl:value-of select="count('/GROUPS/GROUP')"/> on JSTL <x:transform> tag, I got the following error message.

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Can not convert #STRING to a NodeList!

but, if I try that on Sonic XIS XSL transform API It works fine.
What's the problem?

Java(apache JSTL) does not support XPath functions?

 

[Dimitre Novatchev]

When I try <xsl:value-of select="count('/GROUPS/GROUP')"/> on JSTL <x:transform> tag, I got the following error message.

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Can not convert #STRING to a NodeList!

but, if I try that on Sonic XIS XSL transform API It works fine.
What's the problem?

The problem is that the count function requires a node-set argument. What you're passing to it is the *string* '/GROUPS/GROUP'

You actually wanted:

count(/GROUPS/GROUP)

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Cheers,

Dimitre Novatchev.
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