Xalan-C++ Command-Line Utilities
Using a command-line utility
To perform a transformation, you can call Xalan-C++ from the command line (or script), or from within an application (see Usage Patterns).
To perform a transformation from the command line or a script, do the following:
-
Download Xalan-C++.
-
Set the path/library path to include the Xalan executable and the Xalan and Xerces
libraries.
- Call the Xalan executable with the appropriate flags and arguments (described below).
Using the Xalan executable
Call the Xalan executable as follows:
Xalan
[options]
xmlSource
xslStylesheet
where
xmlSource
is the XML source document,
xslStylesheet
is the stylesheet to apply, and
[options]
are any (or none) of the following:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| -a | Use stylesheet processing instruction, not the stylesheet argument. |
| -e encoding | Force the specified encoding for the output. |
| -i integer | Indent the specified amount. |
| -m | Omit the META tag in HTML output. |
| -o filename | Write transformation result to this file (rather than to the console). |
| -p name expr | Set a stylesheet parameter with this expression. |
| -t name expr | Display timing information. |
| -u name expr | Disable escaping of URLs in HTML output. |
| -v | Validate the XML source document. |
| - | A dash as the 'source' argument reads from stdin. A dash as the 'stylesheet' argument reads from stdin. ('-' cannot be used for both arguments.) |
To display a list of the options call the Xalan executable as follows:
Xalan -?