Is exist-db compatible with saxon 11/12?

[infa-jmashalk]

Found this error while upgrading saxon in our code, wondering if there is any known solution to this:

Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: net/sf/saxon/regex/RegexIterator$MatchHandler
at org.exist.xquery.functions.fn.FnModule.(FnModule.java:226) ~[exist-core-6.0.1.jar:6.0.1]
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_222]
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[?:1.8.0_222]
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) ~[?:1.8.0_222]
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423) ~[?:1.8.0_222]
at org.exist.xquery.XQueryContext.instantiateModule(XQueryContext.java:1658) ~[exist-core-6.0.1.jar:6.0.1]
at org.exist.xquery.XQueryContext.loadDefaults(XQueryContext.java:3063) ~[exist-core-6.0.1.jar:6.0.1]
at org.exist.xquery.XQueryContext.(XQueryContext.java:436) ~[exist-core-6.0.1.jar:6.0.1]
at org.exist.xquery.XQueryContext.(XQueryContext.java:430) ~[exist-core-6.0.1.jar:6.0.1]
at org.exist.xmldb.LocalXPathQueryService.compileAndCheck(LocalXPathQueryService.java:326) ~[exist-core-6.0.1.jar:6.0.1]
at org.exist.xmldb.LocalXPathQueryService.doQuery(LocalXPathQueryService.java:155) ~[exist-core-6.0.1.jar:6.0.1]
at org.exist.xmldb.LocalXPathQueryService.lambda$0(LocalXPathQueryService.java:126) ~[exist-core-6.0.1.jar:6.0.1]
at org.exist.xmldb.function.LocalXmldbFunction.apply(LocalXmldbFunction.java:48) ~[exist-core-6.0.1.jar:6.0.1]
at org.exist.xmldb.AbstractLocal.withDb(AbstractLocal.java:265) ~[exist-core-6.0.1.jar:6.0.1]
at org.exist.xmldb.LocalXPathQueryService.query(LocalXPathQueryService.java:124) ~[exist-core-6.0.1.jar:6.0.1]
at org.exist.xmldb.LocalXPathQueryService.query(LocalXPathQueryService.java:114) ~[exist-core-6.0.1.jar:6.0.1]

[adamretter]

At this time no. eXist-db is compatible with Saxon 9.

[infa-jmashalk]

ok, thanks for the info. are there any plans to upgrade?

[adamretter]

This effort was started in 2021 but remains unfinished - #4044

[infa-jmashalk]

thanks for the quick response, i will look into it.