Saxon: Write XQuery in .NET

They are not many solutions out there in .NET that allow you to combine the power of XQuery with a C# API. The built-in XSLT support in .NET is very limited and only supports the XSLT 1.0 specifications.

One of the best options you have is Saxon, a powerful XSLT and XQuery processor. The only disadvantage of this tool is that the syntax is very JAVA oriented, which makes it sometimes counterintuitive for .NET developers.

A sample:

	var xslt = new FileInfo(@"C:\stylesheet.xslt");
	var input = new FileInfo(@"C:\input.xml");
	var output = new FileInfo(@"C:\output.xml");
	var processor = new Processor();
	var compiler = processor.NewXsltCompiler();
	var executable = compiler.Compile(new Uri(xslt.FullName));
	var destination = new DomDestination();
	using(var inputStream = input.OpenRead())
	{
	var transformer = executable.Load();
	transformer.SetInputStream(input, new Uri(input.DirectoryName));
	transformer.Run(destination);
	}
	destination.XmlDocument.Save(output.FullName);

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