Javascript XSLT Transformation returning null

Question

I'm using JavaScript to apply a xslt transformation to a xml file to return a json object in a specific format.

I'm using the following code to test the process:

var xml = loadDoc("my.xml"); //custom function that loads the xml and xsl docs these are working
var xsl = loadDoc("my.xsl");

var processor = new XSLTProcessor();
processor.importStylesheet(xsl);
var result = processor.transformToDocument(xml);

console.log(result);

I've tested the code with a couple of very simple xml and xsl files with success however the console log outputs a null when I'm testing it with the xsl document and xml I'm supposed to use, they were not prepared by me and I have very little experience with xslt transformations.

I've tested those files using a couple of online tools and they worked on a couple of them but others were unable to perform the transformation. (http://xslttest.appspot.com/ this can run the transformation without a problem but not this one http://www.freeformatter.com/xsl-transformer.html)

Does the stylesheet use XSLT version="2.0"? Browsers only support version 1.0. What happens when you try freeformatter.com/xsl-transformer.html, do you get any error message? Can you post the stylesheet code or a link to it? — Martin Honnen
– Martin Honnen, Commented May 27, 2014 at 16:46
It does not use versio 2.0. Using that tool I get "Unable to perform XSL transformation on your XML file. null". Here is the file I'm using: test53.comlu.com/file.xsl — user2958009
– user2958009, Commented May 27, 2014 at 17:13

Martin Honnen · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-27 17:24:17Z

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That stylesheet uses XSLT 2.0 features like xsl:function so don't expect any XSLT 1.0 processor like the one in browsers to be able to execute that code.

answered May 27, 2014 at 17:24

Martin Honnen

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