Re: [xsl] Upgrade from XSLT1

["Vasudev Kandhadai vasu.kandhadai@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks all.
I am good with the XSLT2 upgrade. Just worried about the XSLT3 upgrade. The
streaming templates dont work exactly like the other non streaming
templates.. So there is a different of approach.
Vasu


On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Dimitre Novatchev dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx <
xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> For upgrading to XSLT 2.0, see this:
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9387396/upgrading-xslt-1-0-to-xslt-2-0
>
> As for upgrading to XSLT 3.0, I would recommend making some
> experiments in controlled environment before trying this on a larger
> scale in production -- also have in mind that the specification may
> change and that the available implementations too. Not to speak that
> any current XSLT 3.0 implementation could be not too-stable and
> reliable yet.
>
>
> On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Vasudev Kandhadai
> vasu.kandhadai@xxxxxxxxx <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Dear All,
> > After a lot of convincing , the architectural team finally agreed to
> approve
> > Saxon9.5.  There is a bit of a relief, but I am having to make a
> decision on
> > whether we upgrade from XSLT1.0 to XSLT3.0 directly? The code base is not
> > very big and we are OK to rewrite to adapt to better coding practices
> that
> > come with XSLT2 and 3.
> >
> > I am assuming that the coding paradigm is slightly different in XSLT3..
> The
> > approach on how to write templates, the restrictive xpaths etc , could be
> > backwards incompatible etc..
> >
> > I need advice on this/ Is it true that the coding approach is different
> > using the XSLT3 ?  I am fairly confident that the XSLT2 is a good point
> to
> > start. The only reason XSLT3 was even in the discussion was because of
> the
> > HUGE xml files. Currently we run a Sax Java splitter over the big XMLs
> and
> > run XSLT1 files over the smaller chunks. This works well. My options with
> > XSLT2 would be to change the XSLT1 to XSLT2 and keep remaining things
> same..
> >
> > With XSLT3, we may consider removing the SAX splitters, as it may no
> longer
> > be used. XSLT3 will probably take care of the memory issues with HUge XML
> > files.
> >
> > Putting all my thoughts in,, Hopefully will get some clarity with the
> expert
> > advices from you all..
> >
> > Kandha
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> Dimitre Novatchev
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