Passing variables frm xsl to a java method

Question

here is my current frustration -- aside from being new to java and xsl...
i have an xml message (that is passed to me from another process) as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<WillsXMLStart>
    <inputEventStart>TRUE</inputEventStart>
    <inputEventNumber>1</inputEventNumber>
    <inputEventID>HEREISTHEID</inputEventID>
    <inputEventEnd>TRUE</inputEventEnd>
</WillsXMLStart>ok now i am using netbeans to create and xsl to gram the information and reformat the information because the end process want the data and event tags differantly. my xsl is as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
                xmlns:gng="java:GetAndConvert"
                exclude-result-prefixes="gng"
                version="2.0">
    <xsl:output     encoding="UTF-8" indent="yes" method="xml"/>
    <xsl:template match="/">
        <WillsXMLStart>
            <inputEventStart>
                <xsl:value-of select="WillsXMLStart/inputEventStart"/>
            </inputEventStart>
            <inputEventNumber>
                <xsl:value-of select="WillsXMLStart/inputEventNumber"/>
            </inputEventNumber>
            <inputEventID>
                <xsl:variable name="inputVariable">
                    <xsl:value-of select="WillsXMLStart/inputEventID"/>
                </xsl:variable>
                <!-- <xsl:value-of select="$inputVariable"/> -->
                <xsl:value-of select="gng:getString('$inputVariable')"/>
            </inputEventID>
            <inputEventEnd>
                <xsl:value-of select="WillsXMLStart/inputEventEnd"/>
            </inputEventEnd>
        </WillsXMLStart>
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>ok... now for the frustrating part... what i need to do is (as the code shows(i think)), get and store in a variable called "inputVariable" the specific informati that is stored in the "inputEventID" from the xml. that works fine... but i need to pass that information as a string to the java method "getString(String inputVariable)".... my java code (just a test) is as follows:
* GetAndConvert.java
*  @author william
* Created on June 27, 2007, 8:04 AM
* To change this template, choose Tools | Template Manager
* and open the template in the editor.
public class GetAndConvert {
    /** Creates a new instance of GetAndConvert */
    public String getString(String inputVariable) {
        String x = "test";
        System.out.print("this is the string that is hardcoded into GAC: " + inputVariable);
        return x;
}OK.... i am getting the following error when i try to run the whole thing -- translation from within XSL:
XML validation started.
Checking file:/home/william/PROGRAMMING/TestingJavaXML/src/testingXML-JavaInput.xsl...
Cannot find class 'java:GetAndConvert'.
Cannot find external method 'java:GetAndConvert.getString' (must be public).
Could not compile stylesheeti have 2 packages in my "project". 1 = default where i have my xml and xsl files... 2 = JavaEvents where i have my .Java file.
any and all help would really be appreciated... as i am going bald trying to figure this out. you can either post here or you can email me at: [email protected]
thanks in advance for all your help.
Deathsbain.

Answer 1

OK... now i am getting this error...:
XSL
<!--
    Document   : translatorJavaXSL.xsl
    Created on : June 27, 2007, 3:53 PM
    Author     : william
    Description:
        Purpose of transformation follows.
-->
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
                xmlns:gng="java:JavaSRC.xmljavamain"
                exclude-result-prefixes="gng"
                version="1.0">
    <xslutput encoding="UTF-8" indent="yes" method="xml"/>
    <xsl:template match="/">
        <WillsInputXML>
            <eventStart>
                <xsl:value-of select="WillsInputXML/eventStart"/>
            </eventStart>
            <eventNumber>
                <xsl:value-of select="WillsInputXML/eventNumber"/>
            </eventNumber>
            <eventUniqueID>
                <xsl:variable name="inputVariable">
                    <xsl:value-of select="WillsInputXML/eventUniqueID"/>
                </xsl:variable>
                <xsl:value-of select="$inputVariable"/>
                <xsl:variable name="myInstance">
                    <xsl:value-of select="gng:new()"/>
                </xsl:variable>
                <xsl:value-of select="gng:xmlJavaConverter($myInstance, $inputVariable)"/>
            </eventUniqueID>
            <eventEnd>
                <xsl:value-of select="WillsInputXML/eventEnd"/>
            </eventEnd>
        </WillsInputXML>
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
JAVA
* xmljavamain.java
* Created on July 2, 2007, 8:58 AM
* To change this template, choose Tools | Template Manager
* and open the template in the editor.
package javaSRC;
* @author william
public class xmljavamain
    /** Creates a new instance of xmljavamain */
    public String xmlJavaConverter (String inputValue)
        return ("this is the xmljavamain function...");
}when running the "NetBeans" translator for the XSL page i get this error.
XML validation started.
Checking file:/home/william/PROGRAMMING/XML-Java-XSL/src/xmljavaxsl/translatorJavaXSL.xsl...
Cannot find class 'java:JavaSRC.xmljavamain'.
Cannot find external constructor 'java:JavaSRC.xmljavamain'.
The first argument to the non-static Java function 'xmlJavaConverter' is not a valid object reference.
Could not compile stylesheet
Could not compile stylesheet
XML validation finished.WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?
Deathsbain.