XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[Adam Constabaris <adamc AT unc.edu>]

Steve Loughran wrote:

> Java 1.5's xslt engine is very memory hungry...it leads to a lot of
> 'ant runs out of memory in junitreport' support calls. If you are
> using xsl and want to stick with what is built in, run the JVM with
> extra memory.

It may be because Sun decided XSLTC would be the default rather than the 
interpreted mode:

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/compatibility.html#4959783

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/xml/jaxp/JAXP-Compatibility_150.html#invokingXSLT

A nice side effect of this: JDK 1.5 "broke" DocBook XSL: 
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/docbook-apps/2005-q1/msg00114.html

AC