Michael,
Is the term XSLT compiler (which is commonly used for tools such as
XSLTC, Gregor/XSLT, XSLJIT, etc) also applicable to Saxon. I mean, is
the API functionality of parsing (probably building a parse tree or
something similar for later use) which is provided in XSLTC, is also
available for other JAXP implementations such as Saxon?

>
> Hi,
> I want to cache an instance of a Transformer (e.g. using
> Templates.newTransformer()) in the application scope of a web
> application (multi-threaded). Is there any synchronization
> problem with this approach (using Saxon)?

I think I should perhaps have added that whether you reuse the Transformer
really doesn't make a big difference. The important thing is to cache and
reuse the Templates object, which represents the compiled stylesheet. Doing
that is a very big saving, especially when the transformations themselves
run quickly (because the input documents are small).

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/