You can tell Ant that you want to use Saxon by specifying it on the classpath attribute of the xslt or style task:
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<property name="docbook.home" value="c:/java/docbook-xsl-1.68.1"/>
<property name="saxon.dir" value="c:/java/saxon6_5_3"/>
<property name="xml.dir" value="xml"/>
<property name="fo.dir" value="fo"/>
<target name="xslt" depends="clean,init"
description="Converts docbook xml to fo">
<xslt style="${docbook.home}/fo/docbook.xsl"
classpath="${saxon.dir}/saxon.jar"
basedir="${xml.dir}"
extension=".fo"
destdir="${fo.dir}" />
</target>
E:\java\docbook>ant xslt
Buildfile: build.xml
xslt:
[xslt] Transforming into E:\java\docbook\fo
[xslt] Processing E:\java\docbook\xml\anotherbook.xml to E:\java\docbook\fo\anotherbook.fo
[xslt] Loading stylesheet C:\java\docbook-xsl-1.68.1\fo\docbook.xsl
[xslt] Making portrait pages on USletter paper (8.5inx11in)
[xslt] Processing E:\java\docbook\xml\saxonbook.xml to E:\java\docbook\fo\saxonbook.fo
[xslt] Making portrait pages on USletter paper (8.5inx11in)
BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 24 seconds
E:\java\docbook>
Once you [finally] get the .fo file created, use the 'fop' Ant task provided by Apache FOP to do the final transform:
<property name="fop.home" value="c:/java/fop-0.20.5"/>
<property name="fo.dir" value="fo"/>
<property name="pdf.dir" value="pdf"/>
<taskdef name="fop"
classname="org.apache.fop.tools.anttasks.Fop">
<classpath>
<pathelement location="${fop.home}/build/fop.jar"/>
<pathelement location="${fop.home}/lib/avalon-framework-cvs-20020806.jar"/>
<pathelement location="${fop.home}/lib/batik.jar"/>
</classpath>
</taskdef>
<!-- This example converts all XSL-FO files within an entire directory to PDF: -->
<target name="generate-multiple-pdf"
description="Generates multiple PDF files">
<fop format="application/pdf" outdir="${pdf.dir}">
<fileset dir="${fo.dir}">
<include name="*.fo"/>
</fileset>
</fop>
</target>
<!-- The following example converts a single XSL-FO file to a PDF document: -->
<target name="generate-pdf" description="Generates a single PDF file">
<fop format="application/pdf"
fofile="mybook.fo"
outfile="mybook.pdf" />
</target>
The xmlto command in Cygwin converts xml to various formats, one of which is pdf. You can use the default stylesheets
$ xmlto fo mybook.xml
or you can tell it what stylesheet to use
$ xmlto -x /path/to/docbook-xsl-1.68.1/fo/docbook.xsl fo mybook.xml
Same thing as the Saxon example above, only with xalan.jar specified instead of saxon.jar
<target name="xalan" depends="clean,init"
description="Converts docbook xml to fo">
<xslt style="${docbook.home}/fo/docbook.xsl"
classpath="${xalan.dir}/xalan.jar"
basedir="${xml.dir}"
extension=".fo"
destdir="${fo.dir}" />
</target>
If for some reason the xslt (or style) task starts misbehaving, you can use Saxon in a <java> task, as if you were using it from the command line:
See docbook-apps mailing list archives for 2/17/2005: http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook-apps/200502/msg00122.html
Command Line Saxon: http://saxon.sourceforge.net/saxon6.5.3/using-xsl.html#Command-line
<property name="docbook.home" value="c:/java/docbook-xsl-1.68.1"/>
<property name="input.xml.file" value="newbook.xml"/>
<property name="output.fo.file" value="newbook.fo"/>
<property name="saxon.dir" value="c:/java/saxon6_5_3"/>
<path id="saxon.classpath">
<pathelement location="${saxon.dir}/saxon.jar"/>
</path>
<target name="saxon" description="Converts docbook xml to fo">
<java classpathref="saxon.classpath"
classname="com.icl.saxon.StyleSheet"
fork="yes"
dir=".">
<arg line="-o ${output.fo.file}"/>
<arg line="${input.xml.file}"/>
<arg line="${docbook.home}/fo/docbook.xsl"/>
</java>
</target>
With JDK 1.5.0_01 and Xalan 2.6.0, if you see this:
U:\java\docbook>ant xslt-multiple
Buildfile: build.xml
xslt-multiple:
[xslt] Transforming into U:\java\docbook
[xslt] Processing U:\java\docbook\mybook.xml to U:\java\docbook\mybook.fo
[xslt] Loading stylesheet C:\java\docbook-xsl-1.68.1\fo\docbook.xsl
BUILD FAILED
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
Total time: 5 seconds
U:\java\docbook>
Try this:
JDK 1.5 uses Xalan XSLTC by default, which cannot handle the current docbook stylesheets
<property name="docs.src" value="."/>
<property name="docs.dest" value="."/>
<property name="docbook.home" value="c:/java/docbook-xsl-1.68.1"/>
<!-- An attempt to convert docbook xml to fo using Ant -->
<target name="xslt-multiple" description="Converts docbook xml to fo">
<xslt style="${docbook.home}/fo/docbook.xsl"
destdir="."
extension=".fo"
includes="*.xml"
force="true" />
</target>
$ ant xslt
Buildfile: build.xml
xslt:
[style] Transforming into U:\java\docbook
[style] Processing U:\java\docbook\build.xml to U:\java\docbook\build.fo
[style] Loading stylesheet C:\java\docbook-xsl-1.68.1\fo\docbook.xsl
[style] : Error! file:/C:/java/docbook-xsl-1.68.1/fo/formal.xsl: line 493: Attribute 'border-left-style' outside of element.
[style] : Error! file:/C:/java/docbook-xsl-1.68.1/fo/formal.xsl: line 494: Attribute 'border-right-style' outside of element.
[style] : Error! file:/C:/java/docbook-xsl-1.68.1/fo/formal.xsl: line 495: Attribute 'border-top-style' outside of element.
[style] : Error! file:/C:/java/docbook-xsl-1.68.1/fo/formal.xsl: line 496: Attribute 'border-bottom-style' outside of element.
[style] : Error! The first argument to the non-static Java function 'dayAbbreviation' is not a valid object reference.
[style] : Error! Cannot convert data-type 'void' to 'reference'.
[style] : Fatal Error! Could not compile stylesheet
[style] Failed to process U:\java\docbook\build.xml
BUILD FAILED
U:\java\docbook\build.xml:32: Fatal error during transformation
Total time: 7 seconds
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