Xalan is a popular

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from the

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, that implements the

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1.0

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transformation language and the

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1.0 language. The Xalan XSLT processor is available for both the

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and

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s. It combines technology from two main sources: an XSLT processor originally created by IBM under the name LotusXSL, and an XSLT compiler created by

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under the name XSLTC. A wrapper for the Eiffel language is available.

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Xalan Xalan is a popular open source software library from the Apache Software Foundation, that implements the XSLT 1.0 XML transformation language and the XPath 1.0 language. The Xalan XSLT processor is available for both the Java and C++ programming ...

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