You can configure and run XSLT and XQuery transformations with processors other than the ones which come with the Oxygen XML Editor
distribution.
Note: You can not use these custom
engines in the
Debugger perspective.
To configure the Custom Engines preferences, open the Preferences dialog box and go to .
The following parameters can be configured for a custom engine:
Figure: Parameters of a Custom Engine
- Engine type - Combo box allowing you to choose the transformer type. There are two options: XSLT engines and XQuery engines.
- Name - The name of the transformer displayed in the dialog box for editing transformation scenarios
- Description - A textual description of the transformer.
- Working directory - The start directory of the transformer
executable program. The following editor variables are available for making the path to the
working directory independent of the location of the input files:
- ${homeDir} - The user home directory in the operating system.
- ${cfd} - The path to the directory of the current file.
- ${pd} - The path to the directory of the current project.
- ${oxygenInstallDir} - The Oxygen XML Editor install directory.
- Command line - The command line that must be executed by Oxygen XML Editor to perform a
transformation with the engine. The following editor variables are available for making the
parameters in the command line (the transformer executable, the input files) independent of
the location of the input files:
- ${xml} - The XML input document as a file path.
- ${xmlu} - The XML input document as a URL.
- ${xsl} - The XSL / XQuery input document as a file path.
- ${xslu} - The XSL / XQuery input document as a URL.
- ${out} - The output document as a file path.
- ${outu} - The output document as a URL.
- ${ps} - The platform separator which is used between library file names specified in the class path.
- Output Encoding - The encoding of the transformer output stream.
- Error Encoding - The encoding of the transformer error stream.