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   4 <h1>GNU JAXP XSL transformer</h1>
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   7 This package contains a Java XSL transformer compliant with the JAXP
   8 specification. It depends on the GNU DOM and XPath implementations, and
   9 will generate GNU DOM nodes unless a specific target from another
  10 implementation was given. It understands DOM, SAX, and stream sources
  11 and result sinks and supports these JAXP features.
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  15 To use this transformer, set the system property
  16 <code>javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory</code> to the value
  17 <code>gnu.xml.transform.TransformerFactoryImpl</code>. You can then
  18 instantiate <a href='TransformerFactory.html'>TransformerFactory</a>
  19 and transformers in the ordinary manner. Reuse of stylesheets is
  20 supported using the JAXP <a href='Templates.html'>Templates</a>
  21 mechanism.
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  24 <h3>Architecture</h3>
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  27 When given a stylesheet source, this implementation compiles it internally
  28 into a Stylesheet object, which is a container for templates and state.
  29 Each stylesheet instruction is represented by a subclass of TemplateNode,
  30 which is arranged in a directed graph: each TemplateNode has a reference
  31 to its first child and the next node.
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  35 The transformation process consists of identifying the Template that matches
  36 the root of the source context, and calling <code>apply</code> on its
  37 corresponding TemplateNode. This in turn processes its children and next
  38 TemplateNode, depending on the semantics of each node type.
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  42 Template nodes may reference XPath expressions or patterns. These are fully
  43 compiled to objects of type <a href='../xpath/Expr.html'>Expr</a> at the
  44 time the stylesheet is compiled.
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  47 <h3>Conformance</h3>
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  50 This implementation is feature complete, but the XSLT specification is
  51 large and there are still many bugs that need to be ironed out. It has
  52 been tested against the OASIS XSLT TC test suite, comprising unit tests
  53 from the Xalan project and Microsoft. Conformance to these unit tests
  54 is approximately 70% at the current time, although normal usage of the
  55 transformer should involve relatively few surprises (the test suite is
  56 designed to test very complex and obscure functionality).
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  59 <h3>Known bugs</h3>
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  62 <li>When reusing stylesheets using the JAXP Templates mechanism, XSL
  63 <code>apply-imports</code> instructions will not work.</li>
  64 <li>XPath filter expressions do not always work as expected (this is a
  65 problem with the GNU XPath implementation rather than the transformer).
  66 This can result in problems with the <code>position()</code> function,
  67 as well as <code>select</code> expressions and numbering.</li>
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  71 Obviously we'd like to improve conformance and fix these bugs. If you're
  72 interested in working on any of these issues please
  73 <a href='mailto:classpathx-xml@gnu.org'>contact us</a>.
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