Java by API/javax.xml.transform.stream/StreamSource

new StreamSource(File f)

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2004 David Flanagan.  All rights reserved.
 * This code is from the book Java Examples in a Nutshell, 3nd Edition.
 * It is provided AS-IS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY either expressed or implied.
 * You may study, use, and modify it for any non-commercial purpose,
 * including teaching and use in open-source projects.
 * You may distribute it non-commercially as long as you retain this notice.
 * For a commercial use license, or to purchase the book, 
 * please visit http://www.davidflanagan.ru/javaexamples3.
 */
import java.io.File;
import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
/**
 * Transforms an input document to an output document using an XSLT stylesheet.
 * Usage: java XSLTransform input stylesheet output
 */
public class XSLTransform {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws TransformerException {
    // Set up streams for input, stylesheet, and output.
    // These do not have to come from or go to files. We can also use the
    // javax.xml.transform.{dom,sax} packages use DOM trees and streams of
    // SAX events as sources and sinks for documents and stylesheets.
    StreamSource input = new StreamSource(new File(args[0]));
    StreamSource stylesheet = new StreamSource(new File(args[1]));
    StreamResult output = new StreamResult(new File(args[2]));
    // Get a factory object, create a Transformer from it, and
    // transform the input document to the output document.
    TransformerFactory factory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
    Transformer transformer = factory.newTransformer(stylesheet);
    transformer.transform(input, output);
  }
}