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<h1>Configuration using the .NET API</h1>
<p>In Saxon's Saxon.API interface on .NET the root API object is the <code>Saxon.Api.Processor</code> object. This again
is a wrapper around a <code>Configuration</code>. All the configuration properties are exposed via the <code>Processor</code>
methods <code>getProperty(name)</code> and <code>setProperty(name, value)</code> which map
directly to the methods<code>getConfigurationProperty(name)</code> and <code>setConfigurationProperty(name, value)</code> on the underlying <code>Configuration</code>.</p>
<p>The s9api <code>Processor</code> object also has a constructor <code>new Processor(stream)</code> which allows
the underlying <code>Configuration</code> to be built from a supplied configuration file, which must have the format described in
<a class="bodylink" href="../../configuration/configuration-file.xml">Configuration file</a>. Configuration files are
available only in Saxon-PE and Saxon-EE.</p>
<p>In many cases with the Saxon.Api interface it is more appropriate to set options at a finer level of granularity than the <code>Processor</code>.
For example, options that affect XSLT stylesheet compilation can be set on the <code>XsltCompiler</code> object, and options that
affect XQuery compilation on the <code>XQueryCompiler</code>.</p>
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