problem with xsl:copy-of while copying namespace nodes

• Key: XALANJ-2305
• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Priority: Critical
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Mukul Gandhi
• Component/s: Xalan
• Affects Version/s: 2.7

Description

There seems to be some problem with xsl:copy-of while copying namespace nodes..

Please consider this example.

Source XML:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<!-- this is a comment -->
<?pqr x="do-something" ?>
<author xmlns:a="xyz" xmlns:b="pqr">
 <person a:age="30"> by <FirstName>Jane</FirstName>
 <LastName>Doe</LastName>,
 </person>
</author>

XSLT Stylesheet:

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes" />
  
<xsl:template match="/author">
 <test>
   <xsl:copy-of select="namespace::*" />
 </test>
</xsl:template>
   
</xsl:stylesheet>

The right output of transformation should be:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<test xmlns:a="xyz" xmlns:b="pqr"/>

But Xalan-J 2.7.0 produces output..

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<test/>

I think that this is a non-conformance according to XSLT 1.0 spec.

The relevant section of the spec is:
Erratum E25 at
http://www.w3.org/1999/11/REC-xslt-19991116-errata/.

Regards,
Mukul