Re: compiled stylesheets was Re: [xsl] Re: RE: creating a string of repeated charactors

["cutlass" <cutlass@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

yes, this code generation technique is very useful ( in generating source
code in SQL, scripting languages, cold fusion c, c++, and java  the list
goes on.... ), and solves the language independance problem by having a
simple transform for each language from a standard meta data format, which
includes the xslt logic.

for compiled stylesheets to be adopted we have to recognize that any
dependancies ( on particular parser extension, or javascript etc) will be
'magnified'  once stylesheet has been compiled, which is a further arguement
for standardized extension conventions, though a smarter compiler could
infer the differences.

a) generate meta data for stylesheet compilation
b) have language dependant compilers that take meta data and compile down

the next logic branching is do we want a standard to include a breakdown
between standalone ( ie the compiled bit of code can execute transforms all
by its lonesome ) or assoc runtime with them.

cheers, jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Koberg" <rob@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: compiled stylesheets was Re: [xsl] Re: RE: creating a string of
repeated charactors


> you could also transform into java code using xsl
>
>
> > so using the lazy=efficient algorithim i would like to kick off debate
on
> > compiled stylesheets, as a possible 1st order standard optimisation here
> are
> > some keypoints;
> >
> > - compiled stylesheets can occur as a translet, as defined by Sun's
XSLTC
> > effort, which compiles down the stylesheet into a java class, whereby
the
> > transformation happens with the assistance of a runtime library.
> > - i would like to see a standard effort which is independant to java,
are
> > there any out there ?
> > - is there any effort at the moment standardizing the integration of
> > compiled stylesheets at runtime with major parsers?
> > - would the use of TRAX be the first port of call in integrating
compiled
> > stylesheets, as TRAX seems to be adopted by major parsers ?
>
>
>
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