java - Which version of XPATH and XSLT am I using..?

Question

How to know which version of XPATH and XSLT am I using...?

Say I have installed JDK 1.7 then which version of XPATH and XSLT do I have..?

Answer 1

In XSLT, call system-property('xsl:version'). It will return 1.0 or 2.0 depending on whether you are using a 1.0 or 2.0 processor.

In XPath, there's no direct equivalent. But a quick test is to call current-date() with no arguments. If this succeeds, you have a 2.0 processor, if it fails, you have a 1.0 processor.

Unless you take steps to install a 2.0 processor such as Saxon on your class path or in the endorsed library, the XSLT processor that the JDK gives you will (today) be a 1.0 processor.