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  /*
   * $Id$
   */
  
  /**
   *  Replicate the SimpleTransform sample, explicitly using the SAX model to handle the
   *  stylesheet, the XML input, and the transformation.
   */
  
  import java.io.FileOutputStream;
  import java.io.IOException;
  
  import javax.xml.transform.Result;
  import javax.xml.transform.Templates;
  import javax.xml.transform.TransformerConfigurationException;
  import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException;
  import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
  import javax.xml.transform.sax.SAXResult;
  import javax.xml.transform.sax.SAXSource;
  import javax.xml.transform.sax.SAXTransformerFactory;
  import javax.xml.transform.sax.TemplatesHandler;
  import javax.xml.transform.sax.TransformerHandler;
  
  import org.apache.xml.serializer.Serializer;
  import org.apache.xml.serializer.SerializerFactory;
  import org.apache.xml.serializer.OutputPropertiesFactory;
  import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
  import org.xml.sax.XMLReader;
  import org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLReaderFactory;
  
  
  public class SAX2SAX
  {
    public static void main(String[] args)
  	throws TransformerException, TransformerConfigurationException, 
           SAXException, IOException	   
  	{
  
      // Instantiate a TransformerFactory.
    	TransformerFactory tFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
      // Determine whether the TransformerFactory supports The use of SAXSource 
      // and SAXResult
      if (tFactory.getFeature(SAXSource.FEATURE) && tFactory.getFeature(SAXResult.FEATURE))
      { 
        // Cast the TransformerFactory.
        SAXTransformerFactory saxTFactory = ((SAXTransformerFactory) tFactory);
        // Create a ContentHandler to handle parsing of the stylesheet.
        TemplatesHandler templatesHandler = saxTFactory.newTemplatesHandler();
  
        // Create an XMLReader and set its ContentHandler.
        XMLReader reader = XMLReaderFactory.createXMLReader();
        reader.setContentHandler(templatesHandler);
      
        // Parse the stylesheet.                       
        reader.parse("birds.xsl");
  
        //Get the Templates object from the ContentHandler.
        Templates templates = templatesHandler.getTemplates();
        // Create a ContentHandler to handle parsing of the XML source.  
        TransformerHandler handler 
          = saxTFactory.newTransformerHandler(templates);
        // Reset the XMLReader's ContentHandler.
        reader.setContentHandler(handler);  
  
        // Set the ContentHandler to also function as a LexicalHandler, which
        // includes "lexical" events (e.g., comments and CDATA). 
        reader.setProperty("http://xml.org/sax/properties/lexical-handler", handler);
        
     	  FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("birds.out");
        
        java.util.Properties xmlProps = OutputPropertiesFactory.getDefaultMethodProperties("xml");
        xmlProps.setProperty("indent", "yes");
        xmlProps.setProperty("standalone", "no");      
        Serializer serializer = SerializerFactory.getSerializer(xmlProps);
        serializer.setOutputStream(fos);
     
        
        // Set the result handling to be a serialization to the file output stream.
        Result result = new SAXResult(serializer.asContentHandler());
        handler.setResult(result);
        
        // Parse the XML input document.
        reader.parse("birds.xml");
        
      	System.out.println("************* The result is in birds.out *************");	
      }	
      else
        System.out.println("The TransformerFactory does not support SAX input and SAX output");
    }
  }
  