Allow running SaxonC 12 as XSLT processor

[martin-honnen]

I am wondering, whether it is possible to add a task to allow using SaxonC (12) as the XSLT processor. Given that it seems to me that both Saxon Java and SaxonJS are called as command line tools the use of SaxonC seems to be both possible as well as helpful, as it has the fastest command line start-up/run time compared to the other versions of Saxon, in my experience.

Granted, that would only be possible for users that downloaded/installed/compiled the SaxonC version but once you have e.g. Transform.exe of SaxonC commands on your system it beats any java -jar based execution of Saxon Java.

[pgfearo]

This seems like a reasonable feature to add. I will report back once I've investigated this further.

[martin-honnen]

Hi Phil @pgfearo ,

any update on this?

[pgfearo]

While my spare time is occupied with catching up with work, It may be a while yet before this is done, perhaps a month or so.

[martin-honnen]

Hi Phil @pgfearo
I hope you are doing fine.
Any update on this?

[martin-honnen]

It should be easier now to do this as SaxonC users don't need to compile the Transform.c anymore themselves, the 12.6 release comes with a Transform(.exe on Windows) executable included, it appears.