JSP™ and XML Integrating XML and Web Services in Your JSP™ Application

The Cross Tab Stylesheet

In the next example, we'll change the stylesheet in order to create a cross tab report on the same dataset. Unlike the previous stylesheet, this one is not completely generic, but depends upon a particular dataset. However, with the addition of more parameters set within the JSP, this stylesheet can be converted into a more generic form.

The CrossTab.xsl stylesheet begins with a parameter called NumClinics, whose default value is 5. This parameter will be used as the counter in the looping template used to iterate the rows of the resulting cross tab report:

<xsl:param name="NumClinics" select="5"/>

Next are two templates. The first begins by matching on the root of the XML document and creating the resulting table labels: ...