Using a Custom XSLT Transformer

You can configure XEP to use any XSLT parser instead of the version of Saxon bundled with the installation by default.

In order to use a custom XSLT processor (Saxon PE 11.4 is used as an example):

1. Add the following Java property into the ClassPath before the calling of XSLDriver:

-Djavax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory=net.sf.saxon.TransformerFactoryImpl

2. Add saxon-pe-11.4.jar and xmlresolver-4.4.3.jar (from Saxon 11) to the ClassPath.

This will result in the following example shell script, depending on the platform:

• Note to adjust the paths according to your XEP and Saxon installation directories.

Platform: Windows (xep.bat)

set XEP_ROOT=C:\Program Files\RenderX\XEP
set SAXON_ROOT=C:\Program Files\Saxon-PE-11.4

set CP=^
%XEP_ROOT%\lib\xep.jar;^
%SAXON_ROOT%\saxon-pe-11.4.jar;^
%SAXON_ROOT%\lib\xmlresolver-4.4.3.jar

java ^
  -classpath "%CP%" ^
  -Djavax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory=net.sf.saxon.TransformerFactoryImpl ^
  com.renderx.xep.XSLDriver ^
  "-DCONFIG=%XEP_ROOT%\xep.xml" ^
  %*

Platform: Linux/Ubuntu (xep shell script)

XEP_ROOT=/usr/bin/XEP
SAXON_ROOT=/usr/bin/Saxon-PE-11.4

CP=$XEP_ROOT/lib/xep.jar;\
$SAXON_ROOT/saxon-pe-11.4.jar;\
$SAXON_ROOT/lib/xmlresolver-4.4.3.jar

java \
  -classpath "$CP" \
  -Djavax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory=net.sf.saxon.TransformerFactoryImpl \
  com.renderx.xep.XSLDriver \
  "-DCONFIG=$XEP_ROOT/xep.xml" \
  "$@"

Platform: macOS (xep shell script)

XEP_ROOT=$HOME/bin/XEP
SAXON_ROOT=$HOME/bin/Saxon-PE-11.4

CP=$XEP_ROOT/lib/xep.jar;\
$SAXON_ROOT/saxon-pe-11.4.jar;\
$SAXON_ROOT/lib/xmlresolver-4.4.3.jar

java \
  -classpath "$CP" \
  -Djavax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory=net.sf.saxon.TransformerFactoryImpl \
  com.renderx.xep.XSLDriver \
  "-DCONFIG=$XEP_ROOT/xep.xml" \
  "$@"