Using Ant With XSLT 2.0 and Saxon
You will first have to download the Saxon libraries. You can find them at the SourceForge Saxon Web Page I put the files in my C:/Apps/saxon8 folder
I then add the following to a properties file:
-- content of my.properties file --
Saxon8HomeDir=C:/Apps/saxon8
saxon8jar=${Saxon8HomeDir}/saxon8.jar
# used to make sure Saxon gets the right XSLT 2.0 processor
processor=trax-- end of my.properties file --
Here is an excerpt from my build file
-- contents of build.xml --
<!-- load the local properties file -->
<property file="my.properties"/>
<!-- a sample task that demonstrates the use of Saxon 8 -->
<target name="XSL using Saxon"
description="Demonstration of XSL using Saxon">
<xslt
in="MyInput.xml"
out="MyOutput.htm"
style="MyTransform.xsl"
classpath="${saxon8jar};${antHome}/lib/ant-trax.jar"
processor="${processor}" >
</xslt>
</target>The following is an handy transform for printing the XSLT 2.0 and system related variables -- MyTransform.xsl --
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
<xsl:output method="html"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<head>
<title>Print XSLT Related Environment Variables</title>
</head>
<body>
<ul>
<li><b>Version: </b><xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:version')"/>
</li>
<li><b>Vendor: </b><xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:vendor')"/>
</li>
<li><b>Vendor URL: </b><xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:vendor-url')"/>
</li>
<li><b>Java Version: </b><xsl:value-of select="system-property('java.version')"/>
</li>
<li><b>OS Name: </b><xsl:value-of select="system-property('os.name')"/>
</li>
<li><b>File Seperator: </b><xsl:value-of select="system-property('file.separator')"/>
</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>This should display something like the following:
-- output of MyOutput.htm --
- Version: 2.0
- Vendor: SAXON 8.4 from Saxonica
Vendor URL: http://www.saxonica.com/
- Java Version: 1.5.0_02
- OS Name: Windows XP
- File Seperator: \
To use this just create an empty XML input file with a valid root: -- MyInput.xml --
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <root> <empty></empty> </root>
Or once you have downloaded saxon8.jar, simply call Ant with -lib path/to/saxon8.jar on the command line, and use <xslt> as usual. Since Saxon implements the TraX API, and is now first on Ant's classpath, <xslt> will automatically pick it up. Wrap the appropriate -lib option in a custom startup script, or use an ANT_OPTS EnvironmentVariable to avoid having to type it all the time. --DD