How to execute XSLT 2.0 with ant?

Question

I'm trying to run an XSLT transformation from an ant file.

I'm using a XSLT 2.0 stylesheet with a saxon 9 parser (supporting XSLT 2.0).

The problem is that it seems that ant is always calling an XSLT 1.0 parser.

Here's my ant file :

<xslt style="stylesheet.xslt"
   basedir="core/"    
   extension=".xml"
   destdir="core/"
   classpath="D:\\DevTools\\saxon\\bin\\saxon9.jar">
</xslt>

If I call it directly (without ant), it's working.

Any idea ?

Answer 1

EDIT: Dr. Michael Kay has pointed out that the AntTransform is no longer supported, nor recommended.

Create a taskdef from the Saxon AntTransform class:

  <taskdef name="saxon-xslt" classname="net.sf.saxon.ant.AntTransform" classpath="${basedir}/lib/saxon/saxon9.jar;${basedir}/lib/saxon/saxon9-ant.jar"/>

   <saxon-xslt
     in="${source.xml}"
     out="${out.dir}/${output.xml}"
     style="${basedir}/${stylesheet.xsl}"
     force="true">
   </saxon-xslt>

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I have begun using the standard <xslt> task with the saxon jar specified in a <classpath>, but had been running into performance issues. It seemed to "hang" for a bit when the task was called. I have found that adding processor="trax" and specifying <factory name="net.sf.saxon.TransformerFactoryImpl"/> helps it run much faster.

 <xslt in="${source.xml}"
       out="${out.dir}/${output.xml}"
       style="${basedir}/${stylesheet.xsl}"
       processor="trax">
       <factory name="net.sf.saxon.TransformerFactoryImpl"/>
       <classpath refid="saxon-classpath" />
 </xslt>