XSLT supports custom Extensions (Java, Javascript etc), so can I “mix and match” other technologies with XSLT in this way?
Sure, XSLT supports custom extensions. The problem with XSLT Extensions is the effect they often have on your XSLT in terms of portability across processor implementations, as well as general stylesheet maintenance. Take a quick look at the mailing lists for some of the main XSL Processor implementations. You’ll see that extension portability is a recurring topic of conversation. Smooks helps you solve the same type of problems that XSLT Extensions are designed to solve, but by keeping the extension logic separate from the XSLT. Your stylesheets should always be vanilla XSLT, without any reference to extension code.
