• Chapter 1: Getting Started with Stylus Studio®
• Chapter 2: Editing and Querying XML
• Chapter 3: Converting Non-XML Files to XML
• Chapter 4: Working with XSLT
• Chapter 5: Creating XSLT Using the XSLT Mapper
• Chapter 6: Debugging Stylesheets
  • Steps for Debugging Stylesheets
  • Using Breakpoints
  • Viewing Processing Information
  • Using Bookmarks
  • Determining Which Template Generated Particular Output
  • Determining the Output Generated by a Particular Template
  • Profiling XSLT Stylesheets
  • Handling Parser and Processor Errors
  • Debugging Java Files
    • Requirements for Java Debugging
    • Setting Options for Debugging Java
    • Using the Java Editor
    • Stylus Studio and the JVM
    • Example of Debugging Java Files
• Chapter 7: Defining XML Schemas
• Chapter 8: Defining Document Type Definitions
• Chapter 9: Writing XPath Expressions
• Chapter 10: Working with XQuery in Stylus Studio
• Chapter 11: Composing Web Service Calls
• Chapter 12: Accessing Relational Data as XML
• Chapter 13: Building XML Pipelines
• Chapter 14: Publishing XML Data
• Chapter 15: Integrating with Third-Party File Systems
• Chapter 16: Extending Stylus Studio
• Chapter 17: The Stylus Studio Java API
• Chapter 18: Stylus Studio GUI Reference

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Using the Java Editor

To use the Stylus Studio Java editor, open a Java file in Stylus Studio.

To specify arguments that Stylus Studio uses to run the active Java class, select Java > Class Properties from the Stylus Studio menu bar. Stylus Studio displays the Class Properties dialog box. Enter the arguments required to run your code. (You must have a Java file open in Stylus Studio for Java to appear in the menu bar.)

The same debugging capabilities that are available when you are debugging XSLT stylesheets are available when you are debugging stand-alone Java applications.

When you use the Java editor, the Sense:X auto-completion feature is available. The Java editor browses your import directives to gather information about the packages you are using and provides auto-completion when using methods or data members defined in imported classes. The auto-completion mechanism also provides you with tips about the signature of the class method and its required arguments. The same applies to the classes that you are editing. Also, the CLASSPATH is used to help you auto-complete import directives. Type Ctrl+Space if you want Stylus Studio to auto-complete keywords and class names that are defined in java.lang.package.

The Stylus Studio Java editor also does background error checking. As you type Java code, Stylus Studio displays red lines that indicate syntax errors. Move the cursor over the red line to display a pop-up error message.

When you use the Java editor, you can configure the character encoding that Stylus Studio uses to save and load files. To do this, ensure that a Java file is the active file. Then select Edit > Change Encoding from the Stylus Studio menu bar.

Context-sensitive help for your Java classes is available in the Java editor. The directory that contains the javadoc-generated documentation must be in the Stylus Studio class path (in the Stylus Studio menu bar select Tools > Options > Java Virtual Machine) or in your CLASSPATH environment variable. You can then press F1 when your cursor is on a class name in the Java editor. Stylus Studio opens the related javadoc-generated documentation.