Saxon.XSLT

Runs a XML stylesheet transformation.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example
XML	The XML to work on. Can be empty if no input is needed.
StyleSheet	The stylesheet to apply.

Result

Returns XML or error.

Description

• XSLT 3.0 Basic Processor: Provides all mandatory features from the XSLT 3.0 specification (including try/ catch, iterate, accumulators, maps, named modes, content value templates, and extended patterns, as well as features retained from XSLT 2.0).
• XSLT 3.0 Serialization: Provides the serialization feature: specifically, the ability to convert the result trees produced as output of an XSLT transformation to lexical XML, or other formats including HTML, JSON, and plain text, under the control of serialization parameters defined in the stylesheet or via an external API.
• XSLT 3.0 Compatibility: Provides XSLT 1.0 compatibility mode as defined in the XSLT 3.0 specification. If a stylesheet specifies version="1.0", this causes certain constructs to behave in a way that retains the XSLT 1.0 behavior.
• XSLT 3.0 Dynamic Evaluation: Provides use of the XSLT 3.0 instruction xsl:evaluate, which allows dynamic evaluation of XPath expressions.
• XSLT 3.0 XPath 3.1 Feature: Provides full use of XPath 3.1 features, including XPath 3.1 functions, and maps and arrays.
Note: Saxon supports XPath 3.1 unconditionally in XSLT 3.0 stylesheets, it does not offer a processing mode in which XPath is restricted to version 3.0.
• XSLT 3.0 Higher-Order Functions: Provides higher-order functions: specifically, the ability to use functions as values, including dynamic function calls, inline functions, partial function application, and the standard higher-order functions defined in the XPath 3.1 function library.

Examples

Run a XSLT:

Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "Saxon.XSLT"; Saxon XSLT::XML; Saxon XSLT::XSLT ) ]
Set Field [ Saxon XSLT::Result ; $r ]
#
Set Variable [ $Messages ; Value: MBS( "Saxon.XslMessages") ]
Set Field [ Saxon XSLT::XSL Messages ; $Messages ]

Try it in a let statement:

Let([
xml = "<test><a>1234</a><a>1236</a><a>1239</a></test>";
xslt = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform\" version=\"2.0\">
    <xsl:output method=\"xml\" version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" indent=\"yes\"/>
    <xsl:template match=\"/test\">
        <result>
            <xsl:value-of select=\"a[1]\"/>
        </result>
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>";
r = MBS( "Saxon.XSLT"; Saxon XSLT::XML; Saxon XSLT::XSLT )

]; r)

Example result:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<result>1234</result>

See also

• Saxon.SetBaseURI
• Saxon.XslMessages
• XML.ApplyStylesheet

Example Databases

• DynaPDF/ZUGFeRD and Facture-X/ZUGFeRD Validation
• Saxon/Saxon Visualize electronic Invoices
• Saxon/Saxon XSLT
• Saxon/Saxon ZUGFeRD Validation

Blog Entries

• Electronic invoices in FileMaker
• Elektronische Rechnungen in FileMaker
• Validate electronic invoices with Saxon
• Visualize electronic invoices with Saxon

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Created 23th December 2024, last changed 7th January 2025

Saxon.XQuery - Saxon.XslMessages