4.3.1.3.  XSLT Post Processing

XSLT post processing allows you to automatically execute an Apache Ant build file after the transformation.

The dialog lets you choose an Apache Ant build file which will be started in the working directory.

XSLT post processing in action

The Apache Ant build process ist executed with the same configuration as the transformation which means that the choosen XSLT transformer classpath and all additional configured classpath entries are applied to the Apache Ant process.

Ant Post Processing example

The example below is a working post processing Apache Ant build file which transforms all generated XML-FO files into pdf's.

<project basedir="." name="my-post-processing" default="main">

<property name="pdfdir" value="pdfs"/>

<!--

first declare the fop task and where to

find the jar-libraries

the libraries are expected in

sub-folder "lib" of the working directory

-->

<taskdef name="fop"

classname="org.apache.fop.tools.anttasks.Fop">

<classpath>

<pathelement location="lib\fop.jar"/>

<pathelement location="lib\avalon.jar"/>

<pathelement location="lib\batik.jar"/>

</classpath>

</taskdef>

<mkdir dir="${pdfdir}"/>

<target name="main">

<!--

create output of type pdf and generate output in

directory ${pdfdir}

-->

<fop format="application/pdf" outdir="${pdfdir}" messagelevel="debug">

<!--

convert all fo files in

working directory into pdf

-->

<fileset dir=".">

<include name="*.fo"/>

</fileset>

</fop>

</target>

</project>