metafacture-xdm-plugin

Table of Contents

• Build
• Command Reference
  • encode-transformation
  • sax-to-xdm
  • transform
  • xdm-to-xml
  • xdm-to-sax

A plugin for metafacture that extends it’s XML features.

The XDM (XQuery and XPath Data Model) module enables the transformation of XML documents through XSLT.

The current backend is provided by Saxon (Home Edition).

Build

gradlew clean test fatJar

Produces:

• metafacture-xdm-VERSION-plugin.jar in build/libs

Place the JAR inside the plugins directory of your metafacture-core distribution.

Command Reference

Command	In	Out
encode-transformation	XdmReceiver	String
sax-to-xdm	XmlReceiver	XdmReceiver
transform	XdmReceiver	XdmReceiver
xdm-to-sax	XdmReceiver	XmlReceiver
xdm-to-xml	XdmReceiver	String

encode-transformation

Description

Serializes the transformation of a XDM Node.

Syntax

encode-transformation(stylesheet)

Parameters

• stylesheet: A XSL file.

Examples

Flux:

... | encode-transformation("stylesheet.xsl") | print;

sax-to-xdm

Description

Builds a XDM Node from XML events.

Syntax

sax-to-xdm

Example

Flux:

> | decode-xml | sax-to-xdm | ...

transform

Description

Transforms a XDM Node into a new XDM Node.

Syntax

transform(stylesheet)

Parameters

• stylesheet: A XSL file.

Examples

Flux:

... | tranform("transformation.xsl") | encode-transformation("csv.xsl") | print;

xdm-to-xml

Description

Serializes a XDM Node into it’s XML representation.

Syntax

xdm-to-xml

Examples

Flux:

... | xdm-to-xml | print;

xdm-to-sax

Description

Decomposes a XDM Node into XML events.

Syntax

xdm-to-sax

Example

Flux:

> | decode-xml | sax-to-xdm | xdm-to-sax | ...