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best, -Rob > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Amiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 6:20 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: example of using templates object in a servlet > > > I've found the sample servlet XSLTServletWithParams.java to > be very helpful. I modified the following block in an attempt > to implement a template for performance gains, but have a > feeling that I'm missing something. > > if (xslSource != null) // Now do we have a stylesheet? > { > Templates templates = tFactory.newTemplates(xslSource); > transformer = templates.newTransformer(); > setParameters(transformer, request); // Set stylesheet params. > // Perform the transformation. > transformer.transform(xmlSource, new StreamResult(out)); > } > > Should I put a declaration such as the following outside the doPost? > > private static Templates templates = null; > > And then have a test within the above block such as > > if (templates == null){ > Templates templates = tFactory.newTemplates(xslSource); > } > > Otherwise, I suspect every time a user hits the servlet it recreates > the templates object, thus adversely affecting performance. > > FYI - My servlet implementation is applying the same XSL stylesheet to > the same XML document over and over with different parameters > to change the resulting html. > > Tom >
