Extensible Style Language Transformations
by John Punin

Table of contents

• Extensible Style Language Transformations (XSLT)
• Tree operations within XSL
• Using XSLT Style Sheets
• XML Document (students.xml)
• XSLT Style Sheet (students.xsl)
• Making a Transformation Happen
• XSLT Processors
• Running Xalan Java Processor
• Creating XSLT Style Sheets
• XSLT Style Sheets are well formed XML Documents
• Trivial XSL Style Sheet
• The xsl:apply-templates Element
• The xsl:value-of to get the value of nodes
• Handling multiple selections with xsl:for-each
• Specifying Patterns for the match Attribute
• Specifying Patterns for the match Attribute (2)
• Specifying Patterns for the match Attribute (3)
• XSL Style Sheet
• HTML output file:
• Specifying Patterns for the match Attribute (4)
• Specifying Patterns for the match Attribute (5)
• Specifying Patterns for the match Attribute (6)
• XPath
• XPath axes
• XPath Node tests
• XPath Predicates
• XPath Node Sets - XPath Predicates (2)
• XPath Booleans - XPath Predicates (3)
• XPath Numbers - XPath Predicates (3)
• XPath Strings - XPath Predicates (3)
• XPath Examples
• XPath Abbreviated Syntax
• XPath Abbreviated Syntax Examples
• Default XSLT Rules
• Creating Attribute Templates
• Creating New Elements
• Creating New Attributes
• Copying and Sorting Nodes
• Using xsl:variable and text output type
• Using xsl:if
• Controlling Output Type