NAME

xalan - Process XML documents with XSLT stylesheets

SYNOPSIS

xalan [options]

DESCRIPTION

Xalan-C++ (named after a rare musical instrument) implements the W3C Recommendation 16 November 1999 XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 1.0 and the XML Path Language (XPath) Version 1.0. XSLT is the first part of the XSL stylesheet language for XML. It includes the XSL Transformation vocabulary and XPath, a language for addressing parts of XML documents. For links to background materials, discussion groups, frequently asked questions, and tutorials on XSLT, see Getting up to speed with XSLT.

You use the XSLT language to compose XSL stylesheets. An XSL stylesheet contains instructions for transforming XML documents from one document type to another document type (XML, HTML, or other). In structural terms, an XSL stylesheet specifies the transformation of one tree of nodes (the XML input) into another tree of nodes (the output or transformation result).

OPTIONS

Options are case-sensitive.

-in URL

Sets the input URL. If nothing is set, stdin is used.

-xsl URL

Sets the XSLT sheet URL.

-out file

Sets the output filename.

-v

Show version information only.

-qc

Quiet pattern conflicts warnings.

-q

Use quiet mode.

-indent n

Controls how many spaces to indent. Default is 0.

-validate

Controls whether validation occurs. Validation is off by default.

-tt

Trace the templates as they are being called.

-tg

Trace each generation event.

-ts

Trace each selection event.

-ttc

Trace the template children as they are being processed.

-xml

Use XML formatter and add XML header.

-text

Use simple Text formatter.

-html

Use HTML formatter.

-dom

Use DOM formatter. Formats to DOM, then formats XML for output.

-xst

Use source tree formatter. Formats to Xalan source tree, then formats XML for output.

-param name expression

Sets a stylesheet parameter.

-xd

Use Xerces DOM instead of Xalan source tree.

-de

Disable built-in extension functions

The following option is valid only with -HTML

-noindent

Turn off HTML indenting.

The following option is valid only with -XML.

-nh

Don't write XML header.

AUTHOR

The Apache Software Foundation.

SEE ALSO

http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt

XSL Transformations Version 1.0 (XSLT)

http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath

XML Path Language Version 1.0 (XPATH)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1999-2012 The Apache Software Foundation

This product includes software developed at The Apache Software Foundation ( http://www.apache.org/ ).

This software is based on the ASF XERCES-C project.

Portions of this software were originally based on the following:
- software copyright (c) 1999, IBM Corporation. ( http://www.ibm.com ).

As of version 1.8, Xalan is now distributed under the Apache license v2.0.