RE: [xsl] Doing multiple tranformations

["Michael Kay" <mhkay at iclway dot co dot uk>]

> I'm trying to apply multiple XSLs for a single input in a
> sequence.For eg.
>
> Input file: test.xml
> XSL1: first.xsl
> XSL2: sec.xsl
>
> Operation Needed:
> test.xml + first.xsl -> intermediate.xml
> intermediate.xml+sec.xsl  ->  final.xml
>
> Is there a way I can apply only the second style sheet and
> let it handle the
> first transformation also (I DON'T want to move the stuff
> from first.xsl to
> sec.xsl) ??

You can control stylesheet chaining easily using the TrAX (JAXP 1.1) API.
It's also not difficult using the MSXML API.

Saxon has an option saxon:next-in-chain on xsl:output, but it is controlled
from the first stylesheet, not the second.

I think I also came across an XSLT processor that offered chaining from the
command line, but I can't remember which one.

Of course, with the xx:node-set() extension you can also do a multi-phase
transformation within a single stylesheet.

Mike Kay
Software AG


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