Subject: Re: [xsl] XSLT or DOM or SAX? From: "Craig Pfeifer" <cpfeifer@xxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 08:29:08 -0500 |
Thanks for your response. I'm currently tasked w/figuring out how to break large WML decks into smaller, device friendly decks. I was having a hard time w/it in XSLT and.wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something. Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Halsted" <halstedd@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 4:52 PM Subject: Re: [xsl] XSLT or DOM or SAX? > Yes, in general XSLT makes things easy that are more difficult in DOM or SAX > (or at least take more code), but at a performance cost. SAX is great, > though, if you are concerned about performance in handling large documents. > For what it matters, I tend to use XSLT when I know that the XML involved > will be small because it makes things so easy, DOM when I need persistent > structures (and have some sense for the size of the files involved), and SAX > when I'm running through files that may be large, like XML-ized versions of > data from large databases. If you are looking for functionality you can't > find in XSLT, you have the option of extending it. > > Dave Halsted > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: James Robertson <jamesr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 5:13 PM > Subject: Re: [xsl] XSLT or DOM or SAX? > > > > At 07:50 3/01/2001, Craig Pfeifer wrote: > > > > >I wanted to know how you knew if/when you have reached the limits of > XSLT, > > >and it's time to look at a DOM / SAX solution? What sorts of > > >transformations are too difficult/awkward to accomplish in XSLT and are > > >better left to DOM / SAX implementations? > > > > DOM/SAX seems a pretty low-level alternative > > to XSLT. > > > > You might want to have a look at Omnimark > > instead for more complex transformations. > > > > J > > > > ------------------------- > > James Robertson > > Step Two Designs Pty Ltd > > SGML, XML & HTML Consultancy > > Illumination: an out-of-the-box Intranet solution > > > > http://www.steptwo.com.au/ > > jamesr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > > > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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