// Create a XSLTProcessorFactory object. XSLTProcessorfactory is a Java
// class which manufactures the processor for performing transformations.
$XSLTProcessorFactory = new java("org.apache.xalan.xslt.XSLTProcessorFactory");
// Use the XSLTProcessorFactory method getProcessor() to create a
// new XSLTProcessor object.
$XSLTProcessor = $XSLTProcessorFactory->getProcessor();
// Use XSLTInputSource objects to provide input to the XSLTProcessor
// process() method for transformation. Create objects for both the
// xml source as well as the XSL input source. Parameter of
// XSLTInputSource is (in this case) a 'system identifier' (URI) which
// can be an URL or filename. If the system identifier is an URL, it
// must be fully resolved.
$xmlID = new java("org.apache.xalan.xslt.XSLTInputSource", $xml);
$stylesheetID = new java("org.apache.xalan.xslt.XSLTInputSource", $xsl);
// Create a stringWriter object for the output.
$stringWriter = new java("java.io.StringWriter");
// Create a ResultTarget object for the output with the XSLTResultTarget
// class. Parameter of XSLTResultTarget is (in this case) a 'character
// stream', which is the stringWriter object.
$resultTarget = new java("org.apache.xalan.xslt.XSLTResultTarget", $stringWriter);
// Process input with the XSLTProcessors' method process(). This
// method uses the XSL stylesheet to transform the XML input, placing
// the result in the result target.
$XSLTProcessor->process($xmlID,$stylesheetID,$resultTarget);
// Use the stringWriters' method toString() to
// return the buffer's current value as a string to get the
// transformed result.
$result = $stringWriter->toString();
$stringWriter->close();
return($result);
}