Switch to different XSLT Processor in ColdFusion

Question

I am using two different versions of ColdFusion, ColdFusion 9 and ColdFusion 10, and there are different XSLT Processors in both.

ColdFusion 9 is using Apache Xalan while ColdFusion 10 is using Saxon.

So, is it possible to change the XSLT Processor?

Or

Can we use javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory class to switch to different processor?

Answer 1

You can exchange (also in coldfusion) the XSLT processor implementation by setting the following property:

javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory=qualified.name.of.TransformerFactoryImpl

... e.g. via (-D) JVM Parameter.

TransformerFactory Javadoc:

... The system property that determines which Factory implementation to create is named javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory. This property names a concrete subclass of the TransformerFactory abstract class. If the property is not defined, a platform default is be used.