Class XSLTransformer

java.lang.Object
org.jdom2.transform.XSLTransformer
public class XSLTransformer extends Object
A convenience class to handle simple transformations. The JAXP TrAX classes have more bells and whistles and can be used with JDOMSource and JDOMResult for advanced uses. This class handles the common case and presents a simple interface. XSLTransformer is thread safe and may be used from multiple threads. 
XSLTransformer transformer = new XSLTransformer("file.xsl");

Document x2 = transformer.transform(x);  // x is a Document
Document y2 = transformer.transform(y);  // y is a Document
JDOM relies on TrAX to perform the transformation. The javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory Java system property determines which XSLT engine TrAX uses. Its value should be the fully qualified name of the implementation of the abstract javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory class. Values of this property for popular XSLT processors include:

  • Saxon 6.x: com.icl.saxon.TransformerFactoryImpl
  • Saxon 7.x: net.sf.saxon.TransformerFactoryImpl
  • Xalan: org.apache.xalan.processor.TransformerFactoryImpl
  • jd.xslt: jd.xml.xslt.trax.TransformerFactoryImpl
  • Oracle: oracle.xml.jaxp.JXSAXTransformerFactory

This property can be set in all the usual ways a Java system property can be set. TrAX picks from them in this order:

  1. Invoking System.setProperty( "javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory", "classname")
  2. The value specified at the command line using the -Djavax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory=classname option to the java interpreter
  3. The class named in the lib/jaxp.properties properties file in the JRE directory, in a line like this one: 
    javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory=classname
  4. The class named in the META-INF/services/javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory file in the JAR archives available to the runtime
  5. Finally, if all of the above options fail, a default implementation is chosen. In Sun's JDK 1.4, this is Xalan 2.2d10.
Author:
Jason Hunter, Elliotte Rusty Harold

  • Constructor Details

    • XSLTransformer

      public XSLTransformer(String stylesheetSystemId) throws XSLTransformException
      Creates a transformer for a given stylesheet system id.
      Parameters:
      stylesheetSystemId - source stylesheet as a Source object
      Throws:
      XSLTransformException - if there's a problem in the TrAX back-end

    • XSLTransformer

      public XSLTransformer(InputStream stylesheet) throws XSLTransformException

      This will create a new XSLTransformer by reading the stylesheet from the specified InputStream.

      Parameters:
      stylesheet - InputStream from which the stylesheet is read.
      Throws:
      XSLTransformException - when an IOException, format error, or something else prevents the stylesheet from being compiled

    • XSLTransformer

      public XSLTransformer(Reader stylesheet) throws XSLTransformException

      This will create a new XSLTransformer by reading the stylesheet from the specified Reader.

      Parameters:
      stylesheet - Reader from which the stylesheet is read.
      Throws:
      XSLTransformException - when an IOException, format error, or something else prevents the stylesheet from being compiled

    • XSLTransformer

      public XSLTransformer(File stylesheet) throws XSLTransformException

      This will create a new XSLTransformer by reading the stylesheet from the specified File.

      Parameters:
      stylesheet - File from which the stylesheet is read.
      Throws:
      XSLTransformException - when an IOException, format error, or something else prevents the stylesheet from being compiled

    • XSLTransformer

      public XSLTransformer(Document stylesheet) throws XSLTransformException

      This will create a new XSLTransformer by reading the stylesheet from the specified Document.

      Parameters:
      stylesheet - Document containing the stylesheet.
      Throws:
      XSLTransformException - when the supplied Document is not syntactically correct XSLT

  • Method Details

    • transform

      public List<Content> transform(List<Content> inputNodes) throws XSLTransformException
      Transforms the given input nodes to a list of output nodes.
      Parameters:
      inputNodes - input nodes
      Returns:
      transformed output nodes
      Throws:
      XSLTransformException - if there's a problem in the transformation

    • transform

      public Document transform(Document inputDoc) throws XSLTransformException
      Transforms the given document to an output document.
      Parameters:
      inputDoc - input document
      Returns:
      transformed output document
      Throws:
      XSLTransformException - if there's a problem in the transformation

    • transform

      public Document transform(Document inputDoc, EntityResolver resolver) throws XSLTransformException
      Transforms the given document to an output document.
      Parameters:
      inputDoc - input document
      resolver - entity resolver for the input document
      Returns:
      transformed output document
      Throws:
      XSLTransformException - if there's a problem in the transformation

    • setFactory

      public void setFactory(JDOMFactory factory)
      Sets a custom JDOMFactory to use when building the transformation result. Use a custom factory to build the tree with your own subclasses of the JDOM classes.
      Parameters:
      factory - the custom JDOMFactory to use or null to use the default JDOM classes.
      See Also:

    • getFactory

      public JDOMFactory getFactory()
      Returns the custom JDOMFactory used to build the transformation result.
      Returns:
      the custom JDOMFactory used to build the transformation result or null if the default JDOM classes are being used.
      See Also: