SAC: The Simple API for CSS

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SAC

SAC 1.0 is a standard interface for CSS parser and supposed to work with CSS1, CSS2, CSS3 (currently under development) and other CSS derived languages.

Note

W3C Note
Japanese translation of the W3C Note (Thanks to Atsushi Sugimura)

Status

Comments on SAC are invited and are to be sent to the public mailing list www-style@w3.org. An archive is available at http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/.

The API is a beta version which may be updated, replaced or obsoleted by other versions at any time. It is therefore inappropriate to use it as reference material or to cite it as other than "work in progress". This is work in progress and does not imply endorsement by, or the consensus of, either W3C or members of the Style Activity.

This API has been produced as part of the W3C Style Activity.

SAC 1.3: Java Implementation

SAC 1.3 (Download)
SAC 1.3 Online javadoc documentation (Download)
Some SAC implementation in Java:
- Flute 1.2 (download) (W3C). This implementation is using JavaCC.
- Batik SAC 1.2 CSS Parser (Apache). Smaller and faster than flute! Only available on the Apache CVS server.
- CSS Parser (David Schweinsberg). The CSS Parser, very soon to be updated to SAC 1.3, is implemented as a package of Java classes, that inputs Cascading Style Sheets Level 2 source text and outputs a Document Object Model Level 2 Style tree. Alternatively, applications can use SAC: The Simple API for CSS. Its purpose is to allow developers working with Java to incorporate Cascading Style Sheet information, primarily in conjunction with XML application developments.