Learning XSLT

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by: Michael Fitzgerald

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XSLT is a powerful language for transforming XML documents into something else. That something else can be an HTML document, another XML document, a Portable Document Format (PDF) file, a Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file, a Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) file, Java code, or a number of other things. You write an XSLT stylesheet to define the rules for transforming an XML document, and the XSLT processor does the work.

  As useful as XSLT is, its peculiar characteristics make it a difficult language in which to get started. In fact, newcomers are often a little dazed on first contact. Learning XSLT offers a hands-on introduction to help them get up to speed with XSLT quickly. The book will help web developers and designers understand this powerful but often mystifying template-driven and functional-styled language, getting them over the many differences between XSLT and the more conventional programming languages.

  Learning XSLT moves smoothly from the simple to complex, illustrating all aspects of XSLT 1.0 through step-by-step examples that you'll practice as you work through the book. Thorough in its coverage of the language, the book makes few assumptions about what you may already know. You'll learn about XSLT's template-based syntax, how XSLT templates work with each other, and gain an understanding of XSLT variables. Learning XSLT also explains how the XML Path Language (XPath) is used by XSLT and provides a glimpse of what the future holds for XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0.

  The ability to transform one XML vocabulary to another is fundamental to exploiting the power of XML. Learning XSLT is a carefully paced, example-rich introduction to XSLT that will have you understanding and using XSLT on your own in no time.

Table of Contents

Preface

  1. Transforming Documents with XSLT

          How XSLT Works

          Using Client-Side XSLT in a Browser

          Using apply-templates

  2. Building New Documents with XSLT

          Outputting Text

          Literal Result Elements

          Using the Element Called element

          Adding Attributes

          Outputting Comments

          Outputting Processing Instructions

          One Final Example

  3. Controlling Output

          The Output Method

          Outputting XML

          Outputting HTML

          Outputting Text

          Using a QName Output Method

          Media Types

  4. Traversing the Tree

          The XPath Data Model

          Location Paths

          Expressions

          What Is a Pattern?

          Predicates

          Axes

          Name and Node Tests

          Doing the Math with Expressions

  5. XPath and XSLT Functions

          Boolean Functions

          Node-Set Functions

          Number Functions

          String Functions

  6. Copying Nodes

          The copy Element

          The copy-of Element

          Copying Nodes from Two Documents

  7. Using Variables and Parameters

          Defining Variables and Parameters

          Using Variables

          Using Parameters

          Invoking Templates with Parameters

          Using Result Tree Fragments

  8. Sorting Things Out

          Simple Ascending Sort

          Reversing the Sort

          By the Numbers

          Multiple Sorts

          The lang and case-order Attributes

  9. Numbering Lists

          Numbered Lists

          Alphabetical Lists

          Roman Numerals

          Inserting an Individual Formatted Value

          Numbering Levels

          The from Attribute

          The lang and letter-value Attributes

          More Help with Formatted Numbers

  10. Templates

          Template Priority

          Calling a Named Template

          Using Templates with Parameters

          Modes

          Built-in Template Rules

  11. Using Keys

          A Simple Key

          More Than One Key

          Using a Parameter with Keys

          Cross-Referencing with Keys

          Grouping with Keys

  12. Conditional Processing

          The if Element

          The choose and when Elements

  13. Working with Multiple Documents

          Including Stylesheets

          Importing Stylesheets

          Using the document(

) Function

  14. Alternative Stylesheets

          A Literal Result Element Stylesheet

          An Embedded Stylesheet

          Aliasing a Namespace

          Excluding Namespaces

  15. Extensions

          Xalan, Saxon, and EXSLT Extensions

          Using a Saxon Extension Attribute

          Result Tree Fragment to Node-Set

          Using EXSLT

          Fallback Behavior

          Checking for Extension Availability

  16. XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0

          New XSLT 2.0 Features

          New XPath 2.0 Features

          Multiple Result Trees

          Using Regular Expressions

          Grouping in XSLT 2.0

          Extension Functions

  17. Writing an XSLT ProcessorInterface

          Running an XSLT Processor from Java

          Writing an XSLT Processor with C#

  18. Parting Words

          The Ox Documentation Tool

          Signing Off

  Appendix: XSLT Processors

  Glossary

  Index