How do i call a java method from xsl?

[Srikkanth Mohanasundaram]

Friends,

I have a xml file that contains an image tag(which is coded in base64)

  <image>
<EXTREMELY LONG BASE 64 STRING THAT RUINED THE FORMAT OF THE PAGE - REMOVED BY SHERIFF>
</image>  

I would decode this base64 String using the following class

  import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
public class Test64 {


public static void imageConvert(String image) throws IOException {
com.mindprod.base64.Base64 newBase= new com.mindprod.base64.Base64();

byte[] bytes=newBase.decode(image);

OutputStream os=new FileOutputStream("ab.gif");


os.write(bytes);


}

}  

I need to call this java method from a XSL(so that i pass the value of the string as an argument)..How do i do that??

EDITED BY ME TO REMOVE THE LONG STRING WHICH WAS SPOILING THE ALIGNMENT OF THE REST OF THE THREAD. - ANGELA POYNTON
[ February 16, 2007: Message edited by: Angela Poynton ]

[Paul Sturrock]

You can't. That is, unless you created you own proprietory XML instruction and implemented your own XSL transfomer to handle it. But that is definately using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. I reckon you are maybe looking at the wrong technology to handle your image. I presume you are transforming this XML in a Java application? In which case, why not just handle the image directly in your app?

[Ulf Dittmer]

You could write an XSL extension in Java. That would be a standard way to do custom processing during transformation. For more information, ss http://www.exslt.org/

[Srikkanth Mohanasundaram]

Hi,

I don't see anything in my browser.

[Srikkanth Mohanasundaram]

I'm not able to see your replies

[Angela Poynton]

I've edited your original post so that the page is fixed. Please refrain from using exceptionally long strings with no spaces with CODE tags as this ruins the formatting of the whole page.

[Srikkanth Mohanasundaram]

Sorry for that..And i'm not using a java app to transform the xml.