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Re: [xsl] Upgrade from XSLT1

2014-05-27 13:06:53
For upgrading to XSLT 2.0, see this:
    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9387396/upgrading-xslt-1-0-to-xslt-2-0

As for upgrading to XSLT 3.0, I would recommend making some
experiments in controlled environment before trying this on a larger
scale in production -- also have in mind that the specification may
change and that the available implementations too. Not to speak that
any current XSLT 3.0 implementation could be not too-stable and
reliable yet.


On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Vasudev Kandhadai
vasu(_dot_)kandhadai(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com 
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wrote:
Dear All,
After a lot of convincing , the architectural team finally agreed to approve
Saxon9.5.  There is a bit of a relief, but I am having to make a decision on
whether we upgrade from XSLT1.0 to XSLT3.0 directly? The code base is not
very big and we are OK to rewrite to adapt to better coding practices that
come with XSLT2 and 3.

I am assuming that the coding paradigm is slightly different in XSLT3.. The
approach on how to write templates, the restrictive xpaths etc , could be
backwards incompatible etc..

I need advice on this/ Is it true that the coding approach is different
using the XSLT3 ?  I am fairly confident that the XSLT2 is a good point to
start. The only reason XSLT3 was even in the discussion was because of the
HUGE xml files. Currently we run a Sax Java splitter over the big XMLs and
run XSLT1 files over the smaller chunks. This works well. My options with
XSLT2 would be to change the XSLT1 to XSLT2 and keep remaining things same..

With XSLT3, we may consider removing the SAX splitters, as it may no longer
be used. XSLT3 will probably take care of the memory issues with HUge XML
files.

Putting all my thoughts in,, Hopefully will get some clarity with the expert
advices from you all..

Kandha
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