Relative path in <nextcatalog>

Expected Behavior

I would like to reference catalog of a custom plugin (first) in another inherit custom plugin (second) using <nextcatalog> in catalog.xml with a relative path : <nextCatalog catalog="../../first.pdf/cfg/catalog.xml" />

Actual Behavior

If I use a relative path in nextcatalog (<nextCatalog catalog="../../first.pdf/cfg/catalog.xml" />) I have the following error :

Apache resolver library found, xml-commons resolver will be used [xslt] Failed to process C:\Temp\NDE\temp\stage1.xml [antcall] Exiting C:\PROJETS\Landis-Gyr\dita-ot-2.5.4\build.xml. [antcall] Exiting C:\PROJETS\Landis-Gyr\dita-ot-2.5.4\build.xml. Error: The following error occurred while executing this line: C:\dita-ot-2.5.4\plugins\org.dita.pdf2\build.xml:276: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException

If I use an explicit path in next catalog (<nextCatalog catalog="c:/dita-ot-2.5.4/plugins/first.pdf/cfg/catalog.xml" />) it works.

Possible Solution

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a first plugin
2. Create a second plugin which reference first plugin catalog through a relative path in nextcalalog.

Copy of the error message, log file or stack trace

Apache resolver library found, xml-commons resolver will be used [xslt] Failed to process C:\Temp\NDE\temp\stage1.xml [antcall] Exiting C:\PROJETS\Landis-Gyr\dita-ot-2.5.4\build.xml. [antcall] Exiting C:\PROJETS\Landis-Gyr\dita-ot-2.5.4\build.xml. Error: The following error occurred while executing this line: C:\dita-ot-2.5.4\plugins\org.dita.pdf2\build.xml:276: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException

Environment

• DITA-OT version: 2.5.4
• Operating system and version: Windows
• How did you run DITA-OT? dita command
• Transformation type: custom PDF2

[jelovirt]

Using the plugin URI scheme will not work in catalogs, because the XML Catalog Resolver library we use doesn’t support custom URI resolvers.

[skulle]

Hi Raymond,

that solved my problem 😃

Thank you for the quick help.

Best regards, Sven