Xalan-Java installation problem

[AndrewChandler]

I have downloaded xalan-j_2_5_1-bin.zip from

http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/downloads.html

The documentation leads me to believe that this will contain all I need to run the samples - I am particularly interested in ApplyXPath, as this seems to cover all I need (load and parse an XML file, select nodes and extract values). When I try to compile I get errors of the type:

javac ApplyXPath.java
ApplyXPath.java:62: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class DocumentBuilderFactory
location: package parsers
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
^
xalan.jar, xml-apis.jar and xercesImpl.jar are in the path in CLASSPATH.

Any ideas on what I have missed?

 

[palbano]

try putting the jars in the lib/ext folder

-pete

 

[AndrewChandler]

I just shifted the files as Pete suggested and tried

javac ApplyXPath.java

and

javac -classpath .;C:\jdk1.3.1_08\lib\ext ApplyXPath.java

with

CLASSPATH=C:\jdk1.3.1_08

Same result, I'm afraid

 

[palbano]

My bad, your compiling DOH!

I don’t think you can use any specific folder and have the compiler find it. Nor does the compiler use the CLASSPATH environment variable. You need to set the classpath commandline parameter just as you posted only you have to specify the jar file itself

javac -classpath c:\somefolder\xalan.jar ApplyXPath.java

-pete

 

[AndrewChandler]

OK, I extracted the contents of the jar files into folders under C:\jdk1.3.1_08\lib\ext and it compiled. To run I also had to unpack xercesImpl.jar to resolve a run time error. Thanks for the help.