Re: XSLT vs JSP

[Paul Prescod <paul@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thomas Kwan wrote:
> 
> Advantages of XML/XSL:
> (1) Layout Code Portability
>     In the XML/XSL model, the application converts the
>     language-specific objects (i.e. in C, Java) into XML objects
>     which is then passed to XML/XSL engine (i.e. lotus XSL) to
>     generate the HTML. This extra transformation guaratees the
>     portability of the XSL code.

I don't follow this point. What kind of portability are we talking about
and how is it guaranteed?

> Disadvantages of XML/XSL:
> (3) XSL is marketed as a declarative language, and is not as
>     powerful as language like Java. UI designer needs to may need to
>     complex transformation that XSL cannot handle.

XSL can be extended with Java and other programming languages.

> Advantages of JSP:
> (3) UI developer can access all the facilities in Java environment
>     during the transformation.

As with XSL extensions.

> Disadvantages of JSP:
> (1) The layout (.jsp file) is Java specific. It assumes your
>     application speaks Java.

And XSL stylesheets are XSL specific. They presume that your application
speaks XSL.

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