Stylesheet Language Alternative Syntax

Stylesheet Language Alternative Syntax (SLAX) is a language for writing JUNOS commit and operation (op) scripts and is an alternative to Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT). SLAX has a distinct syntax, but the same semantics as XSLT.

SLAX has a simple syntax that follows the style of C and PERL. It provides a practical and succinct way to code, thus allowing you to create readable, maintainable commit and op scripts. SLAX removes programming instructions and XPath expressions from XML elements. XML angle brackets and quotation marks are replaced by parentheses and curly brackets ({ }), which are the familiar delimiters of C and PERL.