Unable to use Saxon Implementation of the TransformerFactory in JBoss EAP

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Issue

Want to use the saxon implementation of the javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory following the two steps:

  1. add this to java start-up command:
    -Djavax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory=net.sf.saxon.TransformerFactoryImpl
    
  2. add the saxon9he.jar to classpath

During startup, the following exception is encountered:

javax.xml.parsers.FactoryConfigurationError: Provider net.sf.saxon.dom.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl not found
        at javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(DocumentBuilderFactory.java:129)
        at org.jboss.deployers.vfs.spi.deployer.JAXPDeployer.create(JAXPDeployer.java:144)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at org.jboss.reflect.plugins.introspection.ReflectionUtils.invoke(ReflectionUtils.java:59)
        at org.jboss.reflect.plugins.introspection.ReflectMethodInfoImpl.invoke(ReflectMethodInfoImpl.java:150)
        at org.jboss.joinpoint.plugins.BasicMethodJoinPoint.dispatch(BasicMethodJoinPoint.java:66)
        at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.KernelControllerContextAction$JoinpointDispatchWrapper.execute(KernelControllerContextAction.java:243)
        at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.ExecutionWrapper.execute(ExecutionWrapper.java:47)
        at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.KernelControllerContextAction.dispatchExecutionWrapper(KernelControllerContextAction.java:111)
        at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.KernelControllerContextAction.dispatchJoinPoint(KernelControllerContextAction.java:72)
        at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.LifecycleAction.installActionInternal(LifecycleAction.java:221)
        at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.InstallsAwareAction.installAction(InstallsAwareAction.java:54)
        at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.InstallsAwareAction.installAction(InstallsAwareAction.java:42)
        at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.SimpleControllerContextAction.simpleInstallAction(SimpleControllerContextAction.java:62)
        at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.AccessControllerContextAction.install(AccessControllerContextAction.java:71)
        at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContextActions.install(AbstractControllerContextActions.java:51)
        at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348)
        at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1633)
        at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:935)
        at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1083)
        at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:985)
        at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:775)
        at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:540)
        at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.deployment.AbstractKernelDeployer.deployBean(AbstractKernelDeployer.java:319)
        at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.deployment.AbstractKernelDeployer.deployBeans(AbstractKernelDeployer.java:297)
        at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.deployment.AbstractKernelDeployer.deploy(AbstractKernelDeployer.java:130)
        at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.deployment.BasicKernelDeployer.deploy(BasicKernelDeployer.java:76)
        at org.jboss.bootstrap.microcontainer.TempBasicXMLDeployer.deploy(TempBasicXMLDeployer.java:91)
        at org.jboss.bootstrap.microcontainer.TempBasicXMLDeployer.deploy(TempBasicXMLDeployer.java:161)
        at org.jboss.bootstrap.microcontainer.ServerImpl.doStart(ServerImpl.java:138)
        at org.jboss.bootstrap.AbstractServerImpl.start(AbstractServerImpl.java:450)
        at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:221)
        at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:556)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

Environment

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 5.0.0_GA

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