[XALANJ-2318] XSLTC generates bytecode that exceeds JVM limitation on method length for stylesheet with many different QNames in path expressions

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.7
• Fix Version/s: 2.7.1
• Component/s: XSLTC
• Xalan info: PatchAvailable
• Fix priority: fp3
• Assignee: Henry Zongaro
• Reporter: Henry Zongaro
• Created: 07/Sep/06 17:47
• Updated: 11/Dec/07 16:57
• Resolved: 16/Sep/06 01:36

Description

If a stylesheet uses path expressions with many different local names (and possibly many different namespaces), XSLTC might try to create a translet that exceeds the JVM Specification's 64KB limit on the length of a method. Depending on the version of Xalan-Java involved, any of the following messages might be seen:

Could not load the translet class 'name'
Branch target offset too large for short
A method in the translet exceeds the Java Virtual Machine limitation on the length of a method of 64 kilobytes.