XSLT and org.apache.xalan.xslt.Process

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I had to download and open the Xalan package from a mirror site at http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/xml/xalan-j.

I had to set the class path in DOS. I read http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/tooldocs/windows/classpath.html to find the command.

set CLASSPATH=C:\xalan-j_2_7_1\xalan.jar;C:\xalan-j_2_7_1\serializer.jar;C:\xalan-j_2_7_1\xml-apis.jar;C:\xalan-j_2_7_1\xercesImpl.jar

You have to set each path you need and seperate them with semicolons (;). I read http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/getstarted.html to find which .jar files I needed in the path. Then I dug through my computer to find them. Another note, the path needs to be set each time you run DOS.

Finally, I was able to run the Hello World transform that I found at http://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/xml/xslt/ch02_02.htm.

greeting.xml:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<greeting>
  Hello, World!
</greeting>

greeting.xsl:

<xsl:stylesheet
     xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
     version="1.0">
  <xsl:output method="html"/>

  <xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:apply-templates select="greeting"/>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="greeting">
    <html>
      <body>
        <h1>
          <xsl:value-of select="."/>
        </h1>
      </body>
    </html>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Use the command

java org.apache.xalan.xslt.Process -in greeting.xml -xsl greeting.xsl -out greeting.html

And it worked!
greeting.html:

<html>
<body>
<h1>
  Hello, World!
</h1>
</body>
</html>