RE: [xsl] What's the new Java (1.4) command-line for Xalan transformation processing?

Subject: RE: [xsl] What's the new Java (1.4) command-line for Xalan transformation processing?
From: "William Reilly" <wreilly@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 12:36:52 -0500
Piotr Banski (helpfully) wrote:
>the answer is: nothing's changed 
>about the command line.
 
Thank you very much for your reply. Evidently I had some confusion in my working on a few different systems.  I appreciate the help.
 
> Java 1.4 has this 'endorsed 
> classes' mechanism that lets you override the installed classes 
> ...This is all described somewhere on Xalan-J pages
 
Your tip on endorsed classes and endorsed directories was for me very helpful and enlightening.
I'd been aware of that, but entirely un-knowing about how it worked.  
 
I did (eventually--see URLs list below) download Xalan 2.4.1, put the jars in the right directory, and the '-V' version confirmed Java had picked it up. Thanks.
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C:\jakarta-tomcat-4.0.3\webapps\ROOT\iaddev> java org.apache.xalan.xslt.Process -V
>>>>>>> Xalan Version Xalan Java 2.4.1, <<<<<<<
Error: No stylesheet or input xml is specified. Run this command without any option for usage instructions.
C:\jakarta-tomcat-4.0.3\webapps\ROOT\iaddev>
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Best regards,
William Reilly
wreilly@xxxxxxxxxxx
Boston, Massachusetts U.S.A.
 
Here are some URLs I found with info on How To use the Endorsed directory and classes. 
(Note: mostly from java.sun.com's updated tutorials; xml.apache.org Xalan pages mostly refers to JDK1.3 info still):
 
=== ENDORSED CLASSES / DIRECTORIES ==========================================
 
High level statement...
"Endorsed Standards Override Mechanism"
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/guide/standards/index.html
 
 
This page (about org.apache.xalan.xslt.Process) has link to next page on how to upgrade your Xalan past j2sdk1.4 version.
Transforming from the Command Line with Xalan (The J2EETM Tutorial Addendum )
http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs/tutorial/doc/JAXPXSLT7.html
 
>>> How To place newer Xalan (and JAXP) jars to get Sun's j2sdk1.4 to recognize them ("/jre/lib/endorsed/(jars)")
Compiling and Running the Program  (The J2EETM Tutorial Addendum )
http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs/tutorial/doc/JAXPSAX4.html#64274
 
 
 
This page (about the Translets) has link to similar page (next one) on how to upgrade your Xalan past j2sdk1.4 version.
Transforming from the Command Line (XSLTC) (The Java Web Services Tutorial)
http://java.sun.com/webservices/docs/1.0/tutorial/doc/JAXPXSLT8.html
 
>>> (similar info, basically) How To place newer Xalan (and JAXP) jars to get Sun's j2sdk1.4 to recognize them ("/jre/lib/endorsed/(jars)")
Compiling and Running the Program (The Java Web Services Tutorial)
http://java.sun.com/webservices/docs/1.0/tutorial/doc/JAXPSAX4.html#64274
 
 
Miscellaneous:
JavaTM API for XML (1.2) Processing Release Notes - (Summer 2002)
Identifying the JAR Files (lists the 6 jars)
http://java.sun.com/xml/docs/summer02/jaxp/ReleaseNotes.html#identifying
 
API for org.apache.xalan.xslt.Process
http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/apidocs/org/apache/xalan/xslt/Process.html
 
Xalan-Java 2 Samples - Validate (the other thing I want to get reliably working  :>)
http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/samples.html#validate
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	-----Original Message----- 
	From: Piotr Banski [mailto:bansp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
	Sent: Wed 2/19/2003 6:15 PM 
	To: William Reilly 
	Cc: XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
	Subject: Re: [xsl] What's the new Java (1.4) command-line for Xalan transformation processing?
	
	

	On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, William Reilly wrote: 
	> I've missed something in upgrading from Java 1.3.1 to Java 1.4 when it 
	> comes to using my familiar command-line Xalan: 
	>java org.apache.xalan.xslt.Process -IN in.xml -XSL myxsl.xsl -OUT out.xml 
	-PARAM recipe abc 

	> I understand Xalan and Xerces are now part of the Sun Java (J2SE) 
	> distribution, and that (in theory?) you don't need to separately 
	> install them, but I don't know where to go in all the Java packages to 
	> get a similar command-line utility. 

	Unless I misunderstand your question, the answer is: nothing's changed 
	about the command line. If you don't install a new version of Xalan, the 
	invocation above will run the version that comes with Java 1.4. 

	>       http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/commandline.html 

	What must have confused you is the fact that Java 1.4 has this 'endorsed 
	classes' mechanism that lets you override the installed classes -- if e.g. 
	you decide to install a newer Xalan package (which may be a good idea). 
	This is all described somewhere on Xalan-J pages. 

	(And if you decide to upgrade, be aware of the fact that the newest 
	official version of Xalan (2.4.1) has an ugly bug that mangles the output 
	if you use the -TS switch ('trace selection events'), so if you want it to 
	work, get a recent nightly build.) 

	Good luck, 

	  Piotr


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