Hi

Please can any one tall me how to use the Saxon Parser

These are the steps i have fallowd :

I have downloaded the saxon jar files and updated the classpath with this jar files
When i run the developed XSLT using below command am getting error

java com.icl.saxon.StyleSheet input.xml fixedlength.xsl >output.html

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/icl/saxon/StyleSheet

Could please help me

Which version of Saxon are you trying to use and which version have you downloaded?
Your command line seems to try to use Saxon 6. The latest version however is Saxon 9 which implements XSLT/XPath 2.0 and needs a different command line, either
  java net.sf.saxon.Transform -s:source -xsl:stylesheet -o:output
or
  java -jar dir/saxon9.jar [options] [params]

This message could mean two things:

(a) you have put Saxon 9.x on the classpath rather than Saxon 6.x - the command you are using is the one for Saxon 6.x

(b) you haven't set up the classpath correctly. It can be a bit difficult to diagnose this remotely because there are so many ways of getting it wrong. The best way is to describe exactly where you have installed Saxon, list the contents of the relevant directory, and explain how you set the classpath variable.

Alternatively, if you don't want to bother with the complications of running Java from the command line, why not try the Kernow front-end? You can find it at www.sourceforge.net

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

Hi Michael,

Thanks for this, its working fine

But when i downloaded the Saxon parser it got downloaded the 13 jar files

Is all jar files are required for using the XSLT2.0 functionality?

Could you please tell me which all are the required mandatory Saxon jar files to use XSLT2.0 instead of setting the 13 jar files in class path?

If you want to run XSLT from the command line then you can use
  java -jar dir/saxon9.jar [options] [params]
so for that approach only saxon9.jar is needed.

Hi,

am not running the XSLT through the command

is the saxon9 is the Beta release or final release?

Its a final release (don't be confused by the Saxon-B - the B doesn't mean 'beta', but 'basic' I believe).

/- Sam Judson : Wrox Technical Editor -/

is the saxon9 is the Beta release or final release?

Neither. It is just a release. I don't produce beta releases. If I get run over by a bus it might turn out to be a final release, but that's not the plan.

Michael Kay

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference