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Learning XSLT

Name: Learning XSLT
Author: Michael Fitzgerald
ISBN: 9780596003272

by Michael Fitzgerald

November 2003

Beginner

368 pages

9h 33m

English

O'Reilly Media, Inc.

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A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
Preface
Who Should Read This Book?About the ExamplesXSLT and XPath ReferenceHow This Book Is OrganizedConventions Used in This BookUsing ExamplesComments and QuestionsAcknowledgments
1. Transforming Documents with XSLT
1.1. How XSLT Works1.1.1. A Ridiculous XML Document1.1.2. A First XSLT Stylesheet1.1.2.1. The stylesheet element1.1.2.2. The XSLT namespace1.1.2.3. The output element1.1.2.4. The template element1.1.2.4.1. The root node1.2. Using Client-Side XSLT in a Browser1.2.1. The XML Stylesheet Processing Instruction1.2.1.1. Attributes and pseudoattributes1.3. Using apply-templates1.3.1. Analysis of message.xml1.3.1.1. The XML declaration1.3.2. Running Xalan1.3.3. More About Xalan C++1.3.4. Using Other XSLT Processors1.3.5. Using xRay21.4. Summary
2. Building New Documents with XSLT
2.1. Outputting Text2.1.1. Using the text Element2.1.1.1. The disable-output-escaping attribute2.2. Literal Result Elements2.2.1. Adding a Namespace Prefix2.2.2. Literal Result Elements for HTML2.2.2.1. The META tag2.2.3. XHTML Literal Result Elements2.2.3.1. Attribute value templates2.2.3.2. Applying namespaces2.3. Using the Element Called element2.3.1. The namespace attribute2.4. Adding Attributes2.4.1. Reusing a Set of Attributes2.4.1.1. Chaining attribute sets2.5. Outputting Comments2.6. Outputting Processing Instructions2.6.1. Mixed Content2.6.2. Using Multiple Template Rules2.6.2.1. What can go in a template rule?2.6.3. Creating the PI and Putting It to Work2.7. One Final Example2.8. Summary
3. Controlling Output
3.1. The Output Method3.1.1. The Default Output Methods3.1.1.1. Default HTML output3.1.1.2. Default XML output3.2. Outputting XML3.2.1. The XML Declaration3.2.1.1. Omitting the XML declaration3.2.1.2. The encoding declaration3.2.1.2.1. ISO/IEC 88593.2.1.2.2. UTF-8 and UTF-163.2.1.2.3. The Byte Order Mark3.2.2. Unicode and the Command Shell Window3.2.3. Using Character Map and UniPad3.2.3.1. Entities and text declarations3.2.3.2. The standalone declaration3.2.3.3. XML version information3.2.4. Controlling Document Type Declarations3.2.4.1. Validation with transformation3.2.4.2. Adding a document type declaration with a system identifier3.2.4.3. Adding a document type declaration with a public identifier3.2.4.4. Validating XHTML3.2.5. Outputting CDATA Sections3.3. Outputting HTML3.4. Outputting Text3.5. Using a QName Output Method3.6. Media Types3.7. Summary
4. Traversing the Tree
4.1. The XPath Data Model4.1.1. XPath Nodes4.1.2. A View of the Tree4.1.3. What’s a Context?4.2. Location Paths4.3. Expressions4.4. What Is a Pattern?4.5. Predicates4.5.1. Matching Multiple Nodes with a Pattern4.6. Axes4.6.1. Unabbreviated Syntax4.6.2. Reaching Out of Context with Unabbreviated Syntax4.7. Name and Node Tests4.8. Doing the Math with Expressions4.9. Summary
5. XPath and XSLT Functions
5.1. Boolean Functions5.1.1. The lang( ) Function5.2. Node-Set Functions5.2.1. The id( ) Function5.3. Number Functions5.3.1. The sum( ) Function5.3.2. The round( ) Function5.4. String Functions5.4.1. The concat( ) Function5.4.2. The normalize-space( ), translate( ), and substring( ) Functions5.4.3. The generate-id( ) Function5.5. Summary
6. Copying Nodes
6.1. The copy Element6.1.1. Adding Attributes with copy6.1.2. The Identity Transform6.2. The copy-of Element6.3. Copying Nodes from Two Documents6.4. Summary
7. Using Variables and Parameters
7.1. Defining Variables and Parameters7.1.1. Defining Default Values for Parameters7.1.2. Defining Values with Expressions and Templates7.1.2.1. Using the select attribute to define variables7.1.2.2. Using result tree fragments to define variables7.2. Using Variables7.3. Using Parameters7.3.1. Passing in a Parameter with Xalan7.3.2. Passing in a Parameter with Instant Saxon7.4. Invoking Templates with Parameters7.5. Using Result Tree Fragments7.6. Summary
8. Sorting Things Out
8.1. Simple Ascending Sort8.2. Reversing the Sort8.3. By the Numbers8.4. Multiple Sorts8.5. The lang and case-order Attributes8.6. Summary

9. Numbering Lists
9.1. Numbered Lists9.1.1. The number Element9.1.2. The count Attribute9.1.3. More on Formatting9.2. Alphabetical Lists9.2.1. Using Uppercase9.2.2. Longer Alphabetical Lists9.3. Roman Numerals9.3.1. Uppercase Roman Numerals9.4. Inserting an Individual Formatted Value9.5. Numbering Levels9.5.1. Counting on Multiple Levels9.5.2. More Depth9.5.3. Counting on Any Level9.6. The from Attribute9.7. The lang and letter-value Attributes9.8. More Help with Formatted Numbers9.9. Summary
10. Templates
10.1. Template Priority10.1.1. The priority Attribute10.2. Calling a Named Template10.2.1. Using the name and match Attributes Together10.3. Using Templates with Parameters10.4. Modes10.5. Built-in Template Rules10.6. Summary
11. Using Keys
11.1. A Simple Key11.1.1. The key Element11.1.2. The key( ) Function11.2. More Than One Key11.3. Using a Parameter with Keys11.3.1. Passing in a Parameter to the Stylesheet11.4. Cross-Referencing with Keys11.5. Grouping with Keys11.6. Summary
12. Conditional Processing
12.1. The if Element12.2. The choose and when Elements12.2.1. The otherwise Element12.2.2. Processing More Than One Kind of Document12.3. Summary
13. Working with Multiple Documents
13.1. Including Stylesheets13.2. Importing Stylesheets13.2.1. Import Tree13.2.2. Applying Imports13.3. Using the document( ) Function13.4. Summary
14. Alternative Stylesheets
14.1. A Literal Result Element Stylesheet14.1.1. Pull and Push Stylesheets14.1.2. A Literal XHTML Stylesheet14.2. An Embedded Stylesheet14.3. Aliasing a Namespace14.4. Excluding Namespaces14.5. Summary
15. Extensions
15.1. Xalan, Saxon, and EXSLT Extensions15.2. Using a Saxon Extension Attribute15.3. Result Tree Fragment to Node-Set15.4. Using EXSLT15.4.1. EXSLT’s exsl:node-set Function15.5. Fallback Behavior15.5.1. Invoking the Fallback Behavior15.6. Checking for Extension Availability15.7. Summary
16. XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0
16.1. New XSLT 2.0 Features16.2. New XPath 2.0 Features16.3. Multiple Result Trees16.4. Using Regular Expressions16.4.1. The matches( ) Function16.4.2. The replace( ) Function16.4.3. The analyze-string Element16.5. Grouping in XSLT 2.016.6. Extension Functions16.7. Summary
17. Writing an XSLT ProcessorInterface
17.1. Running an XSLT Processor from Java17.1.1. The Moxie Source Code17.1.2. Looking at the Moxie Code17.1.3. Running Moxie17.1.4. Compiling Moxie17.1.5. Using Ant17.1.6. Other Java Resources17.2. Writing an XSLT Processor with C#17.2.1. The Pax Code17.2.2. Looking at the Pax Code17.2.3. Running Pax17.2.4. Compiling Pax17.3. Summary
18. Parting Words
18.1. The Ox Documentation Tool18.2. Signing Off
A. XSLT Processors
A.1. Installing and Running XSLT ProcessorsA.1.1. Installing and Running JavaA.1.1.1. Setting the path variableA.1.1.1.1. The path environment variable on WindowsA.1.1.1.2. The path environment variable on UnixA.1.1.2. Running the Java compilerA.1.2. Using the ClasspathA.1.2.1. The jar methodA.1.3. Installing and Running Instant SaxonA.1.3.1. Downloading Instant SaxonA.1.3.2. Running Instant SaxonA.1.4. Installing and Running Saxon (Full Java Version)A.1.4.1. Downloading SaxonA.1.4.2. Running SaxonA.1.4.3. Using a Windows batch file with SaxonA.1.4.4. Using a Unix shell script with SaxonA.1.5. Installing and Running MSXSLA.1.5.1. Downloading MSXSLA.1.5.2. Running MSXSLA.1.6. Installing and Running Xalan C++A.1.6.1. Downloading and installing Xalan C++A.1.6.2. Setting the path variable for Xalan on WindowsA.1.6.3. Setting the path variable for Xalan on a Unix platformA.1.6.4. Running Xalan C++A.2. Using jd.xsltA.2.1. Downloading and installing jd.xsltA.2.1.1. Running jd.xsltA.2.2. Using xmlspyA.2.3. Using xRay2
Glossary
Index
About the Author
Colophon
Copyright

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Chapter 5. XPath and XSLT Functions

XPath defines 27 functions that may be called in expressions, including predicates. XSLT adds 9 functions to the XPath mix. You have already seen a number of these functions at work in previous examples in this book, such as name( ), string-length( ), and substring( ).

??? briefly documents all of the XPath 1.0 functions, including arguments. Similarly, ??? describes the XSLT 1.0 functions. XPath functions are divided into 4 types: Boolean, node-set, number, and string.

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Node tests such as text( ) and comment( ) look like functions but they are not really functions. Node tests simply test whether a given node matches a node type.

I’ll demonstrate a number of functions in this chapter, but other chapters in this book will expose you to more examples of functions. For additional details on XPath functions, see Section 4 of the XPath specification. You can read more about XSLT functions in Sections 12 through 15 of the XSLT specification.

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This is an introductory book and it does not provide exhaustive explanations of all of the XPath functions, though it will give you a chance to use many of them. John Simpson’s XPath and XPointer (O’Reilly) explores XPath (and its derivative XPointer) in greater detail. Doug Tidwell’s XSLT (O’Reilly), provides an excellent reference that demonstrates all these functions, as does Michael Kay’s XSLT Programmer’s Reference (Wrox). Another resource is Mulberry Technologies’ XSLT and XPath Quick Reference at

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