Performing XML Transformations in Flex

Question

I\'d like to be able to run an xml transformation using an xslt file in my AIR project. What\'s the best way to accomplish this?

Answer 1

In AIR 1.5, a version of Webkit with support for XSLT is included.

Use the class XSLTProcessor from JavaScript just like you would in Firefox. (Note: There is one annoying bug. Stylesheets cannot contain non-breaking spaces, no matter whether literally or as a character reference. I am told that more recent versions of Webkit will fix this issue.)

Below is a complete example.

Create a file test.html

  
    
    
  
  
    
    Output:
  

and a file test.xml

  test
  test
  
    test.html
    true
  

You can try it using the debugging runtime, for example:

adl test.xml

Klick the button, and it will say:

_{(source: lichteblau.com)}