Re: Stylesheet optimisation

On Monday 10 January 2005 20:10, christof.hoeke@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Would there be any general optimisation options which could be applied to
> the XSLT (not the general setup)? At the moment only caching of mostly
> static pages and prerendering of some steps is done. Would something like
> custom XSLT extensions (for complex stuff done now directly in XSL) be a
> help?

Generic questions will typically give you generic answers;

You need to attack this in two initial steps, prior to worry about what to do 
about it;

1. Solve the infrastructure, so that you can introduce special purpose code at 
any point, without having to change everything in one go. Apache Cocoon or 
something like it, could help you along this path. Cocoon operates with SAX 
event pipe lines, and sounds like they are very suitable for you. Also, 
Cocoon can often figure out what can be cached better than you can...

2. You need to measure the performance, in a way that is descriptive of what 
the bottlenecks really are, so that you always can get a prioritized list of 
what needs to be addressed. If you do 1. in a nice setup, you should be able 
to collect and compile the performance figures using the same infrastructure.


Cheers
Niclas
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