Static errors

Static errors are detected before execution starts. It means that they can be found before the source XML document is available. If a stylesheet contains a static error it can be never executed.

In this example xsl:value-of element is a child of xsl:stylesheet. and so a static error is detected. Different types of errors have different error codes. In this case the code "XTSE0010" is used which signals that an XSLT-defined element is used in a context where it is not permitted. These codes are given in the XSLT 2.0 specification but an XSLT implementation is not required to signal errors using these codes.

XSLT

      <xsl:stylesheet
                  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
                  version="2.0">
            <xsl:output  method="xml"
                        indent="yes"
                        omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>
            <xsl:value-of  select="/aaa"/>

      </xsl:stylesheet>

XML

<aaa/>

Output

Error:

error - XTSE0010
Element xsl:value-of must not appear directly within xsl:stylesheet

Failed to compile stylesheet. 1 error detected.

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XSLT <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="2.0"> <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/> <xsl:value-of select="/aaa"/> </xsl:stylesheet>
XML <aaa/>	Output Error: error - XTSE0010 Element xsl:value-of must not appear directly within xsl:stylesheet Failed to compile stylesheet. 1 error detected.