It's possible to do this entirely with JAXP interfaces, you don't need to
resort to Xalan-specific or Saxon-specific methods. This relies on the fact
that a serializer is simply an identity transformer from a SAX source to a
Stream result:

TransformerHandler serializer = TransformerFactory.getTransformerHandler();
serializer.getTransformer().setOutputProperties(properties);
serializer.setResult(new StreamResult(System.out)):
xmlFilter2.setContentHandler(serializer);

You can do it using lower-level Saxon methods if you prefer, this gives you
a bit more control but it's trickier because there are more objects to
manage and more things to get wrong (and it's likely to change a bit from
one release to the next). You're almost there, but it's probably best to use
the same Configuration and NamePool throughout the pipeline, so rather than
creating a new Configuration, get the one that's already used for the
transformation, e.g. as 

((Controller)((Filter)xmlFilter2).getTransformer()).getConfiguration();

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neville Thomas [mailto:nthomas@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 17 December 2004 19:11
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Saxon Serializing and COntentHandler
> 
> In Xalan I am able to do the following:
> 
> Serializer serializer = SerializerFactory.getSerializer
>                       
> (OutputPropertiesFactory.getDefaultMethodProperties("xml"));       
>       serializer.setOutputStream(System.out);
>       xmlFilter2.setContentHandler(serializer.asContentHandler());
> 
> How will I acheive similar with Saxon8b.
> I tried using that ContentEmitter along with the 
> ReceivingContentHandler 
> (see below) but I dont think I am setting up the Configuration Object 
> properly.
> 
> Properties xep = new Properties();
>       NamePool np = NamePool.getDefaultNamePool();
>       Configuration config = new Configuration();
>       config.setNamePool(np);
> 
>       XMLEmitter xe = new XMLEmitter();
>       xe.setStreamResult(new StreamResult(new PrintWriter(System.out, 
> true)));
>       xe.setOutputProperties(xep);
>       xe.setConfiguration(config);
>        
>       ReceivingContentHandler rch = new ReceivingContentHandler();
>       rch.setReceiver(xe);
>       rch.setNamePool(np);
>       xmlFilter2.setContentHandler(rch);   
>       xmlFilter2.parse(new InputSource("SouthPole.xml"));
> 
> 
> Neville
> 
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