XSLT Designer Quick Start Guide

Overview

The XSL Transformation Service is a Web service. It receives a message from an external client, converts the message based on the XSL stylesheet, and then sends it back or forwards it to another Web service.

In this tutorial, you will create a simple XSL transformation service that receives messages, transforms messages, and then sends messages back to the calling Web service.

Prerequisite conditions

This article assumes that you have the basic knowledge of the NetBeans IDE or have relevant programming experience.

System Requirements

This tutorial assumes that your system meets the requirements specified in the System Requirements section of the NetBeans 6.0 release notes.

The software required for this tutorial

Before you begin, you need to download and install the following software on your computer: NetBeans IDE 6.0. Select the Download all option. The Download All option includes the SOA Pack and the GlassFish V2 application Server, which are all necessary for this tutorial.

Configuring the Tutorial Environment

This tutorial requires the GlassFish V2 application server that is installed with NetBeans IDE 6.0, which includes the JBI runtime. Perform the following steps to determine that the GlassFish V2 application server is installed with NetBeans IDE 6.0 and that the JBI runtime contains the XSLT Service Engine and Transform Shared Library required for this tutorial:

Open the service window.

Expand the Servers node.

Right-click the GlassFish V2 node and choose Start from the pop-up menu.

If the startup option is not available, and the GlassFish V2 node has a green flag next to it, the server is already running.

After you start the server, expand the GlassFish v2>jbi node. then expand the Service engines node and the shared libraries node verify that the XSLT Service Engine and the Transform shared Library are installed.