org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs
Interface XSLTLiaison

All Known Subinterfaces:
XSLTLiaison2, XSLTLiaison3
All Known Implementing Classes:
TraXLiaison

public interface XSLTLiaison

Proxy interface for XSLT processors.

Since:
Ant 1.1
See Also:
XSLTProcess

Field Summary
static java.lang.String FILE_PROTOCOL_PREFIX
          the file protocol prefix for systemid.
 
Method Summary
 void addParam(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String expression)
          Add a parameter to be set during the XSL transformation.
 void setStylesheet(java.io.File stylesheet)
          set the stylesheet to use for the transformation.
 void transform(java.io.File infile, java.io.File outfile)
          Perform the transformation of a file into another.
 

Field Detail

FILE_PROTOCOL_PREFIX

static final java.lang.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
See Also:
Constant Field Values
Method Detail

setStylesheet

void setStylesheet(java.io.File stylesheet)
                   throws java.lang.Exception
set the stylesheet to use for the transformation.

Parameters:
stylesheet - the stylesheet to be used for transformation.
Throws:
java.lang.Exception - thrown if any problems happens.
Since:
Ant 1.4

addParam

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

Parameters:
name - the parameter name.
expression - the parameter value as an expression string.
Throws:
java.lang.Exception - thrown if any problems happens.
Since:
Ant 1.3

transform

void transform(java.io.File infile,
               java.io.File outfile)
               throws java.lang.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
Throws:
java.lang.Exception - thrown if any problems happens.
Since:
Ant 1.4
See Also:
setStylesheet(File)