[mapserver-users] Map file xsl transformation and regular expressions

[Alan Boudreault]

It's fixed. The new xslt will be in MapServer 5.6.3.

Thanks,
Alan

On March 22, 2010 02:56:16 pm Alexandre Soares wrote:
> Hi Alan,
> 
> I found one small bug: the default value of expressionType complex type is
> 'CONSTANT'. However, the stylesheet will only quote if the value of the
> attribute is equal to 'CONSTANT', which is not if you don't supply a value
> for this attribute. All other cases seem to work fine. That
> is, <expression>583</expression> will not be quoted with the current
> stylesheet.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Alan Boudreault
> 
> <aboudreault at mapgears.com>wrote:
> > Alexandre, could you test the new xsl file  and see if your two issues
> > have been fixed. You can get it via:
> >
> > http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/browser/trunk/mapserver/xmlmapfile/mapfil
> >e.xsl?format=raw
> >
> > I did a quick fix to integrate it in MS 5.6.3, which is supposed to be
> > released today.
> >
> > expression/filter examples:
> > <expression type="CONSTANT">583</expression> or
> > <expression>583</expression>
> > will be quoted.
> > <expression type="REGEX">/.../</expression> and
> > <expression type="MSEXPR">(...)</expression> will not be quoted.
> >
> > symbol examples:
> > <symbol type="NAME">star.gif</symbol> will be quoted
> > <symbol type="ID">32</symbol> will not be quoted
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Alan
> >
> > On March 19, 2010 02:59:17 pm Alexandre Soares wrote:
> > > The symbol attribute (which does not get quoted by default) causes a
> > >  problem if the value references a stmbol's name. I think it could also
> > >  benefit from your fix.
> > >
> > > Thank you!
> > > On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Alan Boudreault
> > >
> > > <aboudreault at mapgears.com>wrote:
> > > > Alexandre, you are right, if the expression is an regular expression,
> >
> > it
> >
> > > > shouldn't be quoted. I think the only solution would be to add an
> > > > attribute in
> > > > the xml schema, that will specify if the expression is an regular
> > > > expression
> > > > of not. Something like:
> > > >
> > > > <expression regex="ON"></expression>
> > > >
> > > > In this case, the xsl transformation would not quote it. I take a
> > > > note
> >
> > on
> >
> > > > that
> > > > and should fix this in the next few days.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for reporting!
> > > > Alan
> > > >
> > > > On March 19, 2010 02:21:45 pm Alexandre Soares wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > When I transform my xml map file to a map file, my expressions that
> > > >
> > > > contain
> > > >
> > > > > a regular expression (the same is true for filters) are rendered
> > > > > with double quotes (because the stylesheet has the quote="1" param
> > > > > for those templates).
> > > > >
> > > > > Is there an intended way to achieve this? I know I could modify the
> > > > > stylesheet to not quote those elements and then quote-wrap my value
> >
> > if
> >
> > > > > I need them (in case of string comparison).
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you!
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Alan Boudreault
> > > > Mapgears
> > > > http://www.mapgears.com
> >
> > --
> >  Alan Boudreault
> > Mapgears
> > http://www.mapgears.com
> 

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