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XML Tools for DataDirect XML Converters

DataDirect XML Converters are fully supported by Stylus Studio® 2008 XML Enterprise Suite, the world's leading XML Integrated Development Environment (XML IDE).

Stylus Studio provides advanced XML tools support for building DataDirect XML Converters applications by providing integrated features for defining custom XML conversions, code generation, XML pipeline development and much more. Stylus Studio is available for Windows 2000 SP2 or Windows XP. Download free a trial and see for yourself!

Define Your Own Custom XML Conversions

DataDirect XML Converters provide comprehensive support for converting EDIFACT, X12, IATA, and EANCOM data formats, flat files and more — but what if you need to work with some other kind of proprietary data format? No problem. With Stylus Studio® 2008 XML Enterprise Suite you can visually develop Custom XML Conversions that extend DataDirect XML Converters to work with virtually any kind of flat file. Defining a Custom XML Conversion is illustrated here:

Integrated Java Code Generation

Stylus Studio® 2008 XML Enterprise Suite's Java code generator can automatically generate the Java code needed to invoke either an XSLT or XQuery from your Java applications. If the underlying XSLT or XQuery files are accessing legacy-data using DataDirect XML Converters (through integration with DataDirect XQuery, Apache Xalan, and Saxon) the generated Java code will reflect that configuration. Getting your application to run is as easy.

XML Pipeline Development

Non-XML to XML conversion using DataDirect XML Converters is often just the first step in a larger application involving various data processing and integration operations. An XML Pipeline is a way to visually express the various XML processing steps in an enterprise application. Stylus Studio® 2008 XML Enterprise Suite provides powerful graphical tools for expressing XML pipelines in terms of a series of operations, for example, converting, validating, transforming, or performing other operations on an XML document. Stylus Studio® 2008 XML Enterprise Suite's XML Pipeline provides seamless integration with DataDirect XML Converters, alowing you to use non-XML data sources as part of larger applications; it automates many common tasks including Java code generation and supports debugging too.

XML Tools and Utilities

If you're using DataDirect XML Converters, chances are you're also working with other XML technologies too. Stylus Studio® 2008 XML Enterprise Suite provides the industry's most comprehensive and productive suite of XML tools for editing, modeling, testing, debugging and deploying all XML technologies including XML, XQuery, XSLT, XSL:FO, EDI, XML Schema, DTD, XPath, XHTML, XML mapping, XML publishing, Web services and more. Whatever your data conversion job requires, these powerful XML tools will greatly simplify your work.