Re: [xsl] Templates.newTransformer synchronization

["Mohsen Saboorian" <mohsens@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry, I didn't see your previous answer.
Please ignore this.
Thanks.

On 7/17/06, Mohsen Saboorian <mohsens@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Michael,
> Is the term XSLT compiler (which is commonly used for tools such as
> XSLTC, Gregor/XSLT, XSLJIT, etc) also applicable to Saxon. I mean, is
> the API functionality of parsing (probably building a parse tree or
> something similar for later use) which is provided in XSLTC, is also
> available for other JAXP implementations such as Saxon?
>
> Thanks.
>
> On 7/17/06, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > I want to cache an instance of a Transformer (e.g. using
> > > Templates.newTransformer()) in the application scope of a web
> > > application (multi-threaded). Is there any synchronization
> > > problem with this approach (using Saxon)?
> >
> > I think I should perhaps have added that whether you reuse the Transformer
> > really doesn't make a big difference. The important thing is to cache and
> > reuse the Templates object, which represents the compiled stylesheet. Doing
> > that is a very big saving, especially when the transformations themselves
> > run quickly (because the input documents are small).
> >
> > Michael Kay
> > http://www.saxonica.com/