Re: XSLTC and XALAN

[ig...@ca.ibm.com]

>Do I take this to mean that I need to use XSLTC if I need to do repeated
transformations using >the same XSLT sheet?
No. Take a look at \xml-xalan\samples
e.g. for trax
// Instantiate the TransformerFactory, and use it along with a SteamSource
      // XSL stylesheet to create a Transformer.
      TransformerFactory tFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
      Transformer transformer = tFactory.newTransformer(new
StreamSource(xslInURI));

  // Perform the transformation from a StreamSource to a StreamResult;
      //transformer.transform(new StreamSource(xmlInURI),
      //                      new StreamResult(new
FileOutputStream(htmlOutURI)));

        transformer.transform(new StreamSource(xmlInURI),
                            new StreamResult(fileOut));

>What are advantages of XSLTC over XALAN processor?
They are just different. XSLTC gives you opportunity to "pre-compile" you
stylesheet.
One can be faster or slower depending on you application.



Igor Hersht
XSLT Development
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