Use of XML Catalog with Ant (xslt task) - request for example (using for DocBook/WebHelp)

I’m trying to get DocBook WebHelp building working.

Although I do already have a working Ant build file based on the one from the DocBook stylesheet distribution I would like to use Catalogs for resolving my stylesheet locations, which the one provided doesn’t.

 

For my other target formats I’m using Saxon 6, via an Ant Java task.  I have catalogs working for these as that’s taken care of by parameters passed to Saxon.

For WebHelp I’m using the Xslt task – that’s how the one in the stylesheet distribution is written, and it uses attributes like “if” and “_expression_” in its “param” elements, and I don’t know how to convert these to Java/Saxon.

 

I’ve tried to follow Ant’s documentation regarding the <xmlcatalog> element but I can’t get it to work.  (I am finding the Ant documentation in this area extremely hard to follow)

By “can’t get it to work” I mean it doesn’t find the files I’m trying to reference via the catalog.  It doesn’t show any messages indicating whether or not it is using the resolver, so I presume it isn’t finding it.

 

Does anyone have any complete example of this working.

Ie one that includes a reference to the resolver jar, and the classpath, and the catalog file and/or catalogManager.properties.

 

 

Alternatively – I think the only thing that blocked me from using Saxon was not knowing how to implement @_expression_ and @if, so if anyone can indicate how to do that for Java/Saxon I may revert to that option.

 

 

Appreciatively,

Richard.

 

 

 

 

Richard Kerry

BNCS Engineer, SI SOL Telco & Media Vertical Practice

 

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