The <global> element

The global input element of the configuration file contains properties defining global configuration options.

Attribute	Applies to	Values	Effect
`allowExternalFunctions`	HE PE EE	true\|false	True if calls to external Java or .NET functions are allowed.
`allowMultiThreading`	EE	true\|false	True if saxon:threads attribute on `xsl:for-each` causes multi-threading under Saxon-EE; false to disable multi-threading. Default is true (but multi-threading only happens if explicitly requested using `saxon:threads`).
`allowOldJavaUriFormat`	PE EE	true\|false	True if reflexive calls to external Java functions are allowed to use the "liberal" syntax (for example "http://my.com/extensions/ java.util.Date"). The default is to allow only the "strict" form of URI such as "java:java.util.Date".
`allowSyntaxExtensions`	PE EE	true\|false	Enables use of (experimental and non-conformant) extensions to XPath syntax.
`collationUriResolver`	HE PE EE	Name of a class implementing CollationURIResolver	User-supplied class used to interpret collation URIs.
`collectionFinder`	HE PE EE	Name of a class implementing CollectionFinder	User-supplied class used for retrieving the ResourceCollection to resolve the URI supplied to the collection() function.
`collectionUriResolver`	HE PE EE	Name of a class implementing CollectionURIResolver	User-supplied class used for resolving the URI supplied to the collection() function.
`compileWithTracing`	HE PE EE	true\|false	Generates trace code in the expression tree, allowing a TraceListener to be used at run-time.
`debugByteCode`	EE	true\|false	Causes bytecode generation to be run in debugging mode, for use when diagnosing a problem. Only to be used if requested by Saxonica support.
`debugByteCodeDirectory`	EE	A directory name	Identifies the directory for output files produced when `displayByteCode` is set to true.
`defaultCollation`	HE PE EE	Absolute URI (collation URI)	(Requires Saxon-PE.) The collation URI to be used when no explicit collation is requested.
`defaultCollection`	HE PE EE	Absolute URI (collection URI)	The collection URI to be used when no argument is passed to the collection() function.
`defaultRegexEngine`	HE PE EE	string ("S" for Saxon, "J" for Java, "N" for .NET)	Determines which regular expression engine should be used for evaluating regular expressions.
`displayByteCode`	EE	true\|false	Causes files containing a human-readable print of the generated bytecode to be output, to the directory identified by the `debugByteCodeDir` option.
`dtdValidation`	HE PE EE	true\|false	Controls whether DTD validation is applied to input files.
`dtdValidationRecoverable`	HE PE EE	true\|false	Controls whether DTD validation errors are recoverable or fatal.
`eagerEvaluation`	HE PE EE	true\|false	Forces Saxon to do eager evaluation of expressions in contexts where normally it would do lazy evaluation, for example when evaluating variables and function results. This can make for easier debugging.
`entityResolver`	HE PE EE	Name of a class implementing `org.xml.sax.EntityResolver`	The class used whenever Saxon creates an `XMLReader` for parsing source documents.
`environmentVariableResolver`	HE PE EE	Name of a class implementing EnvironmentVariableResolver	Defines the environment variable resolver for all queries and transforms using this configuration. This affects the result of the XPath functions available-environment-variables() and environment-variable().
`errorListener`	HE PE EE	Name of a class implementing `org.xml.sax.ErrorListener`	Defines the default `ErrorListener` for reporting both compile-time and run-time errors.
`expandAttributeDefaults`	HE PE EE	true\|false	Controls whether attribute default values found in a DTD or schema are expanded or not.
`generateByteCode`	EE	true\|false	By default, Saxon-EE attempts to generate Java bytecode for evaluation of certain parts of a query or stylesheet. Setting this option to false disables this.
`ignoreSAXSourceParser`	HE PE EE	true\|false	Set to true to ignore the `XMLReader` supplied as a `SAXSource` as input to an XSLT transformation, to use one specified by the `parser` option instead.
`lazyConstructionMode`	HE PE EE	true\|false	If true, causes temporary trees to be constructed lazily.
`lineNumbering`	HE PE EE	true\|false	Controls whether line and column number information is maintained for input files.
`markDefaultedAttributes`	HE PE EE	true\|false	Indicates that Saxon should retain the fact that attributes are derived from defaults defined in a schema or DTD where this information is available from the XML parser.
`maxCompiledClasses`	EE	integer	Places a limit on the number of classes for which Saxon will generate bytecode.
`monitorHotSpotByteCode`	EE	true\|false	Enables monitoring of hot-spot byte-code generation.
`optimizationLevel`	HE PE EE	string of flags or 0	Defines the level of code optimization to be applied.
`parser`	HE PE EE	Name of a class that implements either the `org.xml.sax.XMLReader` or `javax.xml.parsers. SAXParserFactory` interface	XML parser used for source documents.
`preEvaluateDoc`	HE PE EE	true\|false	If true, allows calls on doc() with a literal argument to be evaluated early, at compile time.
`preferJaxpParser`	HE PE EE	true\|false	Relevant only on .NET, determines whether the Java Classpath parser is used in preference to the Microsoft .NET parser.
`recognizeUriQueryParameters`	HE PE EE	true\|false	If true, and the standard `URIResolver` is in use, query parameters such as `val=strict` will be recognized on URIs supplied to the doc() or document() functions.
`regexBacktrackingLimit`	HE PE EE	integer	Sets a limit on the amount of backtracking performed during regular expression evaluation.
`schemaValidation`	EE	strict\|lax\|preserve\|strip	Controls whether schema validation is applied to input files.
`serializerFactory`	HE PE EE	Name of a class that implements SerializerFactory	Allows the serialization pipeline to be customized, for example to handle user-defined serialization parameters.
`sourceResolver`	HE PE EE	Name of a class implementing the SourceResolver interface	Name of a user-supplied class that resolves unknown implementations of the JAXP `Source` class into a known implementation.
`stableCollectionUri`	HE PE EE	true\|false	Indicates that collections read using the `fn:collection()` function are to be stable, that is, repeated calls with the same collection URI return identical results.
`stableUnparsedText`	HE PE EE	true\|false	Indicates that unparsed text files read using functions such as `fn:unparsed-text()`, function are to be stable, that is, repeated calls with the same URI return identical results.
`standardErrorOutputFile`	HE PE EE	A file name	Redirects output which would otherwise go to the stardard error output stream `System.err`, to this file.
`streamability`	EE	off\|standard	Determines the test applied to see if constructs are streamable (if streaming is requested).
`streamingFallback`	HE PE EE	true\|false	If true, then constructs for which streaming is requested will be exectued in non-streaming mode if the code is not actually streamable.
`stripSpace`	HE PE EE	all\|none\|ignorable	Controls what whitespace is removed from input documents (all inter-element whitespace, no inter-element whitespace, or all inter-element whitespace in elements having element-only content models).
`styleParser`	HE PE EE	Name of a class implementing the `org.xml.sax.XMLReader` interface	XML parser used for stylesheets and schema documents.
`suppressEvaluationExpiryWarning`	PE EE	true\|false	Suppresses the warning issued to indicate that an evaluation license in use is due to expire.
`suppressXPathWarnings`	HE PE EE	true\|false	Suppresses all warnings issued by the XPath and XQuery parsers.
`suppressXsltNamespaceCheck`	HE PE EE	true\|false	Suppresses the warning when there is no commonality between the namespaces used in stylesheet match patterns and the namespaces used in the source document.
`thresholdForFunctionInlining`	EE	integer	Defines a limit on the size of user-defined functions that will be inlined.
`thresholdForHotspotByteCode`	EE	integer	Defines how many times a code fragment must be executed before bytecode generation kicks in.
`timing`	HE PE EE	true\|false	Outputs progress messages to `System.err`. Equivalent to the `-t` option on the command line.
`traceExternalFunctions`	PE EE	true\|false	Provides diagnostics when external functions are dynamically loaded.
`traceListener`	HE PE EE	Name of a class implementing TraceListener	User-defined class to be used for handling run-time trace output.
`traceListenerOutputFile`	HE PE EE	string (file name)	Supplies a file as destination for trace listener output.
`traceOptimizerDecisions`	PE EE	true\|false	Causes tracing of decisions made by the optimizer.
`treeModel`	HE PE EE	linkedTree\|tinyTree\| tinyTreeCondensed	Determines the tree model implementation used for input files: TinyTree, LinkedTree, or TinyTree(condensed).
`unparsedTextURIResolver`	HE PE EE	Name of a class implementing the UnparsedTextURIResolver interface	The class name of the `UnparsedTextURIResolver` to be used for deferencing URIs used in calls on `fn:unparsed-text()` and related functions.
`uriResolver`	HE PE EE	Name of a class implementing the JAXP `javax.xml.transform.URIResolver` interface	The `URIResolver` to be used for deferencing URIs used in xsl:include, xsl:import, doc(), and document().
`usePiDisableOutputEscaping`	HE PE EE	true\|false	When sending output to a user-defined content handler, indicates whether JAXP-defined processing instructions are used to signal the start and end of text in which output escaping is disabled.
`useTypedValueCache`	EE	true\|false	If true, typed values of element and attribute nodes are cached in the TinyTree. Uses extra memory, may make execution faster.
`validationComments`	EE	true\|false	Only relevant when `validationWarnings=true`, indicates that validation error messages should where possible be added as comments in the document instance being validated rather than fatal errors.
`validationWarnings`	EE	true\|false	For result trees subjected to schema validation, indicates whether validation failures should be treated as warnings rather than fatal errors.
`versionOfXml`	HE PE EE	1.0\|1.1	Determines whether XML 1.0 or XML 1.1 rules are used for names. (1.0 means the rules before Edition 5.)
`xInclude`	HE PE EE	true\|false	Controls whether XInclude processing is applied to input files.
`xpathVersionForXsd`	EE	integer	Defines what version of the XPath language may be used in XML Schema 1.1 assertions and type alternatives.
`xpathVersionForXslt`	HE PE EE	integer	Defines what version of the XPath language may be used in XSLT 3.0 stylesheets.