A Runtime System for XML Transformations in Java

Aske Simon Christensen, Christian Kirkegaard, Anders Møller
2004 BRICS Report Series  
We show that it is possible to extend a general-purpose programming language with a convenient high-level data-type for manipulating XML documents while permitting (1) precise static analysis for guaranteeing validity of the constructed XML documents relative to the given DTD schemas, and (2) a runtime system where the operations can be performed efficiently. The system, named Xact, is based on a notion of immutable XML templates and uses XPath for deconstructing documents. A companion paper
more » ... sents the program analysis; this paper focuses on the efficient runtime representation.
doi:10.7146/brics.v11i33.21858 fatcat:2brfz37gorchtptojfliir267q