XSLTLiaison (Apache Ant API)
Date: 2018-07-10

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs

## Interface XSLTLiaison

- All Known Subinterfaces:
    XSLTLiaison2, XSLTLiaison3, XSLTLiaison4
  All Known Implementing Classes:
    TraXLiaison

      public interface XSLTLiaison

  Proxy interface for XSLT processors.
  Since:
    Ant 1.1
  See Also:
    `XSLTProcess`

- - ### Field Summary

    Fields
    Modifier and Type | Field and Description
    --- | ---
    `static java.lang.String` | `FILE_PROTOCOL_PREFIX` the file protocol prefix for systemid.

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `void` | `addParam(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String expression)` Add a parameter to be set during the XSL transformation.
    `void` | `setStylesheet(java.io.File stylesheet)` set the stylesheet to use for the transformation.
    `void` | `transform(java.io.File infile, java.io.File outfile)` Perform the transformation of a file into another.

- - ### Field Detail

    - #### FILE_PROTOCOL_PREFIX

          static final java.lang.String FILE_PROTOCOL_PREFIX

      the file protocol prefix for systemid. This file protocol must be appended to an absolute path. Typically: `FILE_PROTOCOL_PREFIX + file.getAbsolutePath()` Note that on Windows, an extra '/' must be appended to the protocol prefix so that there is always 3 consecutive slashes.
      Since:
        Ant 1.4
      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### setStylesheet

          void setStylesheet(java.io.File stylesheet)
                      throws java.lang.Exception

      set the stylesheet to use for the transformation.
      Parameters:
        `stylesheet` - the stylesheet to be used for transformation.
      Throws:
        `java.lang.Exception` - thrown if any problems happens.
      Since:
        Ant 1.4

    - #### addParam

          void addParam(java.lang.String name,
                        java.lang.String expression)
                 throws java.lang.Exception

      Add a parameter to be set during the XSL transformation.
      Parameters:
        `name` - the parameter name.
        `expression` - the parameter value as an expression string.
      Throws:
        `java.lang.Exception` - thrown if any problems happens.
      Since:
        Ant 1.3
      See Also:
        `XSLTLiaison4.addParam(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object)`

    - #### transform

          void transform(java.io.File infile,
                         java.io.File outfile)
                  throws java.lang.Exception

      Perform the transformation of a file into another.
      Parameters:
        `infile` - the input file, probably an XML one. :-)
        `outfile` - the output file resulting from the transformation
      Throws:
        `java.lang.Exception` - thrown if any problems happens.
      Since:
        Ant 1.4
      See Also:
        `setStylesheet(File)`