Namespace Prefix Issue in XML to XSL Transformation

[Archie Cobbs]

Hi Hempushpa,

What you describe appears to be this issue: JDK-8168664
<https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8168664>.

-Archie

On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 12:29 AM Hempushpa Sahu <Hempushpa.Sahu at ibm.com>
wrote:

> Problem Description :
>
> XSLT transformation creating unique namespace prefixes.
>
>
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> Analysis & Observation :
>
> When upgrading from Java 8 to Java 17, the XSLT transformation is
> generating a new namespace prefix for every XML element, even when the
> namespace value matches that of the parent element. This leads to large XML
> file transformations exceeding the file size and memory limits on our
> systems.
>
>
>
> The behaviour in OpenJDK has remained consistent since JDK 8; however, the
> namespace prefix issue is not something we find acceptable.
>
>
>
> Our investigation into the OpenJDK code led us to defect
> https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8167179, which addressed the
> namespace prefix issue in the OpenJDK 8 release. Despite this, we are still
> able to reproduce the issue in OpenJDK versions 8, 11, 17, and 22.
>
>
>
>
>
> Releases:
>
> OpenJDK 8, 11, 17 & 22 the issue is seen.
>
>
>
> Next steps:
>
> Please review and suggest if the above understanding is right. And please
> suggest solution to resolve the issue.
>
>
>
> NOTE:
>
> Please find the attachment with below files-
>
> XML file - sourceFile.xml
>
> XSL file - ie_si_to_spe.xsl
>
> Current output - sourceFile-test-transform.xml
>
> Expected output - sourceFile-expected-transform.xml
>
>
>


-- 
Archie L. Cobbs
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