org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs

Interface XSLTLiaison

Known Subinterfaces:
XSLTLiaison2
Known Implementing Classes:
TraXLiaison, XalanLiaison, XslpLiaison

public interface XSLTLiaison

Proxy interface for XSLT processors.

Since:
Ant 1.1

See Also:
XSLTProcess

Field Summary

static String
FILE_PROTOCOL_PREFIX
the file protocol prefix for systemid.

Method Summary

void
addParam(String name, String expression)
Add a parameter to be set during the XSL transformation.
void
setStylesheet(File stylesheet)
set the stylesheet to use for the transformation.
void
transform(File infile, File outfile)
Perform the transformation of a file into another.

Field Details

FILE_PROTOCOL_PREFIX

public static final String FILE_PROTOCOL_PREFIX
the file protocol prefix for systemid. This file protocol must be appended to an absolute path. Typically: FILE_PROTOCOL_PREFIX + file.getAbsolutePath() Note that on Windows, an extra '/' must be appended to the protocol prefix so that there is always 3 consecutive slashes.

Since:
Ant 1.4

Method Details

addParam

public void addParam(String name,
                     String expression)
            throws Exception
Add a parameter to be set during the XSL transformation.

Parameters:
name - the parameter name.
expression - the parameter value as an expression string.

Since:
Ant 1.3


setStylesheet

public void setStylesheet(File stylesheet)
            throws Exception
set the stylesheet to use for the transformation.

Parameters:
stylesheet - the stylesheet to be used for transformation.

Since:
Ant 1.4


transform

public void transform(File infile,
                      File outfile)
            throws Exception
Perform the transformation of a file into another.

Parameters:
infile - the input file, probably an XML one. :-)
outfile - the output file resulting from the transformation

Since:
Ant 1.4

See Also:
setStylesheet(File)


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