xsl or not xsl?

[aude tantot]

i've heard that through java, i can display an xml doc in my browser without using xsl, is that true?

[Ajith Kallambella]

The browser will display the XML document as is. If you need to extract parts of the document and format them in a different order you will need to use XSL. Infact the browser uses a dummy XSL that simply traverses all the nodes and prints the contents.
The capability of a browser to display an XML document should not be considered as an alternative to using XSLs. For example, a browser is of no use if you have to generate the formatted XML, say in the pdf format or MSWord format on the server!
HTH
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Ajith Kallambella M.
Sun Certified Programmer for the Java�2 Platform.
IBM Certified Developer - XML and Related Technologies, V1.

[Gemini Moses]

Hi Audi,
Do you mean to parse the xml document with parser? and using DOM/SAX to traverse through them?
I am not sure if I am right in saying this..

[aude tantot]

in fact, i generate, xml thru java and i would like to display it in a pretty look in my browser, i know i can do that with xsl, but i've heard i can do so without it directly thru java (what i feel incredible, that's why i ask if that's true)

[Ajith Kallambella]

Yes, you can use "on-the-fly" transformation using any standard XSLT engine. For example, checkout the XALAN API form Apache. Using the Transformer class and a stylesheet, you can easily generate the output (HTML/TXT/any other format) file.
HTH
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Ajith Kallambella M.
Sun Certified Programmer for the Java�2 Platform.
IBM Certified Developer - XML and Related Technologies, V1.