[XML-SIG] 4XSLT Performance Problems with Large Files

[Thomas B. Passin]

[Brian Quinlan]

> > Mainly, I don't want to start a separate process each time a user runs
> a
> > transform.
> 
> Yep. Most transformation engines have pretty bad startup times. Though
> if your transformations are taking >10 seconds it probably doesn't
> matter. Xalan has a bit slower transformation speed than Saxon but has a
> horrible startup time (probably because it is so huge). Running it
> in-process solves that problem, of course.
>  
> > I haven't used Xalan for a while and have been meaning to get the
> latest
> > versoin to try on this.  The Python binding might be good to try.
> Thanks.
> 
> The Python bindings are for Xalan 1.1. The CVS version works correctly
> with Xalan 1.2 but hasn't been extensively tested. I can send you a
> binary if you are interested.
> 
 By all means.  Thanks.

Tom P