package XML::Xalan::Transformer;

#
#   Copyright (c) 2001 Edwin Pratomo
#
#   You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public
#   License or the Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README file,
#   with the exception that it cannot be placed on a CD-ROM or similar media
#   for commercial distribution without the prior approval of the author.
#

use strict;
use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK);

require Exporter;
require DynaLoader;

@ISA = qw(Exporter DynaLoader);
@EXPORT = qw();
$VERSION = '0.20';

bootstrap XML::Xalan::Transformer $VERSION;
XML::Xalan::Transformer::initialize();

*errstr = \&XML::Xalan::Transformer::getLastError;

1;
__END__
# Below is the stub of documentation for your module. You better edit it!

=head1 NAME

XML::Xalan::Transformer - Perl interface to XalanTransformer class

=head1 SYNOPSIS

  use XML::Xalan::Transformer;

  my $tr = new XML::Xalan::Transformer;

Compiling a stylesheet file:

  my $compiled = $tr->compile_stylesheet_file("foo.xsl");

Compiling a stylesheet string:

  my $compiled = $tr->compile_stylesheet_string(<<"XSLT");
  <?xml version="1.0"?> 
  <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
    <xsl:template match="doc">
      <out><xsl:value-of select="."/></out>
    </xsl:template>
  </xsl:stylesheet>
  XSLT

Parsing an XML file:

  my $parsed = $tr->parse_file("foo.xml");

Parsing an XML string:

  my $parsed = $tr->parse_string(<<"XML");
  <?xml version="1.0"?>
  <doc>Hello</doc>
  XML

Performing a transformation and storing the result into a destination file:

  $tr->transform_to_file($src_file, $xsl_file, $dest_file) 
    or die $tr->errstr;

  $tr->transform_to_file($parsed, $xsl_file, $dest_file)
    or die $tr->errstr;

  $tr->transform_to_file($parsed, $compiled, $dest_file)
    or die $tr->errstr;

Performing a transformation and returning the result:

  my $res = $tr->transform_to_data($src_file, $xsl_file);
  die $tr->errstr unless defined $res;      # error checking

  my $res = $tr->transform_to_data($parsed, $xsl_file);
  my $res = $tr->transform_to_data($parsed, $compiled);

=head1 DESCRIPTION

Interface to the XalanTransformer class.

=head1 METHODS

=over 4

=item new()

Constructor, with no argument. Returns an XML::Xalan::Transformer object.

 my $tr = new XML::Xalan::Transformer;

=item $tr->compile_stylesheet_file($xsl_file)

Compiles a stylesheet file and returns an XML::Xalan::CompiledStylesheet object.

 my $compiled = $tr->compile_stylesheet("foo.xsl");

=item $tr->compile_stylesheet_string($xsl_string)

Compiles a stylesheet string and returns an XML::Xalan::CompiledStylesheet object.

 my $compiled = $tr->compile_stylesheet_string(<<"XSLT");
 <?xml version="1.0"?> 
 <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
   <xsl:template match="doc">
     <out><xsl:value-of select="."/></out>
   </xsl:template>
 </xsl:stylesheet>
 XSLT

=item $tr->parse_file($xml_file)

Parses an XML file and returns an XML::Xalan::ParsedSource object.

 my $parsed = $tr->parse_file("foo.xml");

=item $tr->parse_string($xml_string)

Parses an XML string and returns an XML::Xalan::ParsedSource object.

 my $parsed = $tr->parse_string(<<"XML");
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <doc>Hello</doc>
 XML

=item $tr->transform_to_file($source, $xsl, $dest)

Transforms a source into a specified file. Returns undef on failure.
$source could be an XML::Xalan::ParsedSource object or an XML file.
$xsl could be an XML::Xalan::CompiledStylesheet object or an XSL
file.

 $tr->transform_to_file("foo.xml", "foo.xsl", "bar.xml");

=item $tr->transform_to_data($source, $xsl)

Transforms a source and returns the result. 
$source could be an XML::Xalan::ParsedSource object or an XML file.
$xsl could be an XML::Xalan::CompiledStylesheet object or an XSL file.

Example:

 my $result = $tr->transform_to_data("foo.xml", "foo.xsl");

=item $tr->transform_to_handler($source, $xsl, *FH, $handler)

Transforms a source and pass the result to a callback handler. 
$xsl could be an XML::Xalan::CompiledStylesheet object or an XSL file.

If $xsl is an XML::Xalan::CompiledStylesheet object, then $source B<must> be an
XML::Xalan::ParsedSource object. 

Example:

 $out_handler = sub {
     my ($ctx, $mesg);
     print $ctx $mesg;
 };
 $tr->transform_to_handler(
     $xmlfile, $xslfile, 
     *STDERR, $out_handler);

=item $tr->destroy_stylesheet($compiled_stylesheet)

Removes $compiled_stylesheet from memory.

=item $tr->destroy_parsed_source($parsed_source)

Removes $parsed_source from memory. 

=item $tr->set_stylesheet_param($key, $val)

Set an XSLT parameter, $key is the param name and val is the assigned value. Returns nothing.

 $tr->set_stylesheet_param("id", 777);
 $tr->set_stylesheet_param("user", "'johndoe'");
 my $res = $tr->transform_to_file($source, $xsl, $dest);

=item $tr->install_external_function($namespace, $function_name, $function)

Install a user defined function as an extension. Example:

 my $namespace = "http://ExternalFunction.xalan-c++.xml.apache.org";
 my $func_name = "square-root";
 my $func = sub {
    my @args = @_;
    if (@args != 1) {
        warn "square-root accepts exactly one arg!";
        return undef;
    } 
    return POSIX::sqrt($args[0]);
 };

 $tr->install_external_function($namespace, $func_name, $func);
 my $res = $tr->transform_to_file($source, $xsl, $dest);

The function to install B<must> return a scalar. In case of fatal error,
don't C<die()>, but you should return undef. 

Take a look at Xalan/t/08external.t for more usage variations.

=item $tr->errstr()

Returns current error string.

=back

=head1 A NOTE ON OBJECTS CLEANING UP

C<XML::Xalan::Transformer> is an interface to XalanTransformer class, a C++
class which internally keeps a list of compiled stylesheet objects and another 
list of parsed source objects. Upon an XalanTransformer object destruction,
those lists are iterated and each element of them is deleted. Deleting an
element which is no longer exist causes a segfault, thereby I do not provide
destructors for C<XML::Xalan::CompiledStylesheet> and
C<XML::Xalan::ParsedSource>, since these will conflict with one from
C<XML::Xalan::Transformer>.

As a consequence, if you write a code which runs an
C<XML::Xalan::Transformer> object for a long time and using either compiled
stylesheet or parsed source, be careful to call the appropriate 
C<destroy_stylesheet()> or C<destroy_parsed_source()> to remove it from the 
internal list (thus, from the memory) once it's no longer used. Otherwise,
the memory used will be accumulated regardless the objects are already out of
scope, and the wasted allocated memory will be freed only when the
C<XML::Xalan::Transformer> object runs out of scope. 

For example:

 my $tr = new XML::Xalan::Transformer;
 my $compiled = $tr->compile_stylesheet_file($stylesheet);
 my $res = $tr->transform_to_file($source, $compiled, $dest);

 # $compiled will be used for another stylesheet, then 
 # it's necessary to destroy it explicitly first:
 $tr->destroy_stylesheet($compiled);

 # now it's safe to use for another stylesheet
 $compiled = $tr->compile_stylesheet_file($another_stylesheet);

=head1 TODO

C<set_stylesheet_param()> should accept a hash ref instead, so several
parameters can be passed at once. 

=head1 AUTHOR

Edwin Pratomo, edpratomo@cpan.org

=cut