diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/XSLTProcess.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/XSLTProcess.java
index bb3844801..4e9c65030 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/XSLTProcess.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/XSLTProcess.java
@@ -127,10 +127,10 @@ public class XSLTProcess extends MatchingTask {
         if (liaison == null) {
            try {
                setProcessor("xslp");
-           } catch (Exception e1) {
+           } catch (Throwable e1) {
                try {
                    setProcessor("xalan");
-               } catch (Exception e2) {
+               } catch (Throwable e2) {
                    throw new BuildException(e2);
                }
            }
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/XalanLiaison.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/XalanLiaison.java
index 0babef7fa..29ff7eba3 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/XalanLiaison.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/XalanLiaison.java
@@ -71,12 +71,15 @@ public class XalanLiaison implements XSLTLiaison {
     XSLTProcessor processor;
     XSLTInputSource xslSheet;
 
+    public XalanLiaison() throws Exception {
+      processor = XSLTProcessorFactory.getProcessor();
+    }
+
     public void setStylesheet(String fileName) throws Exception {
       xslSheet = new XSLTInputSource (fileName);
     };
 
     public void transform(String infile, String outfile) throws Exception {
-      if (processor == null) processor = XSLTProcessorFactory.getProcessor();
       processor.process(new XSLTInputSource(infile), xslSheet,
                         new XSLTResultTarget(outfile));
     }
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/XslpLiaison.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/XslpLiaison.java
index f321bf75e..b9dbad22d 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/XslpLiaison.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/XslpLiaison.java
@@ -72,13 +72,16 @@ public class XslpLiaison implements XSLTLiaison {
     XSLProcessor processor;
     XSLStylesheet xslSheet;
 
+    public XslpLiaison() {
+      processor = new XSLProcessor();
+    }
+
     public void setStylesheet(String fileName) throws Exception {
       XSLReader xslReader = new XSLReader();
       xslSheet = xslReader.read( fileName );
     };
 
     public void transform(String infile, String outfile) throws Exception {
-      if (processor == null) processor = new XSLProcessor();
       processor.process(infile, xslSheet, new FileWriter(outfile));
     }