Apache Ant/Running Saxon
Motivation
[edit | edit source]You want to have an Apache Ant task that runs the Saxon XSLT transform.
Method
[edit | edit source]Download the Saxon jar file. Put the saxon.jar file in a lib folder. Run the following test.
Source Code
[edit | edit source]Build File
[edit | edit source]The following is how Saxon is invoked from Apache Ant.
<target name="test-saxon">
<xslt classpath="lib\saxon8.jar"
in="in.xml"
out="out.html"
style="check-version.xsl">
<factory name="net.sf.saxon.TransformerFactoryImpl"/>
</xslt>
</target>
Note that if you are running in Eclipse you will have to go to the "Preferences" menu and add the saxon9.jar file to Ant/Runtime/Ant Home Entries. Just click the "Add JARs" and add the saxon9jar file the end of this list.
XSLT Version Check
[edit | edit source]check-version.xsl:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<results>
<Version><xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:version')" /></Version>
<Vendor><xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:vendor')" /></Vendor>
<Vendor-URL><xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:vendor-url')" /></Vendor-URL>
</results>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Or if you are generating a web page:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<head>
<title>XSL Version</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Version:
<xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:version')" />
<br />
Vendor:
<xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:vendor')" />
<br />
Vendor URL:
<xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:vendor-url')" />
</p>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Results for XALAN
[edit | edit source]Results for Apache XALAN
1.0 Vendor: Apache Software Foundation (Xalan XSLT) Vendor URL: http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j
Results for Saxon
[edit | edit source]Version: 2.0 Vendor: SAXON 9.1.0.7 from Saxonica Vendor URL: http://www.saxonica.com/