Re: [xslt] Compiling stylesheets

[Matt Sergeant <matt sergeant org>]

On 06 Aug 2001 13:59:48 +0200, Bernhard Zwischenbrugger wrote:
> Is it possible to compile stylesheets?

Yes, but it doesn't do what you think it does :-)

> I think Xalan has this feature 
> (see:
> http://xml.apache.org/xalan-c/usagepatterns.html#compiled
> )
> But I never tried.

This is doing exactly the same as what you can do with libxslt - compile
the stylesheet into memory and re-use it for multiple transformations.
This is not the same as compiling it to an .exe.

> What to do with compiled stylesheets
> ==========================
> 
> A realy usefull thing would be to make a fastcgi modul
> for apache from a single stylesheet.
> 
> To make the thing perfect, caching results is always a good thing.

Try AxKit, it does exactly that, including using compiled stylesheets on
the next "hit".

> Licence
> ======
> Is it allowed to sell compiled stylesheets, without deliver the 
> xslt-stylesheet source?
> What does LGPL say about that?

Wouldn't matter much, as you can use libxml/libxslt under the W3C
license,
which is pretty much a BSD type license. Of course it's irrelevant given
the 
above.

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