XML Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v5.25, by Herong Yang
Generating Transformation Output in XML Format
This section provides a tutorial example on how to generate transformation output in XML format. The first approach is to include output XML element as literal XML elements in the transformation template.
In most situations, XSLT stylesheet is used to transform one XML document into another XML document. This requires that the transformation output must be generated as XML elements.
There are three ways to generate XML elements in an XSLT transformation template:
Let's see an example of using literal XML elements in transformation template first.
Here is the source XML document, output_xml.xml:
<?xml version="1.0"?> <user name="Herong"> <role>administrator</role> Administrator can delete users. <point>100</point> Points are earned by posting messages. </user>
Here is the transformation template with some literal XML elements:
<?xml version="1.0"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:output method="xml"/> <xsl:template match="user"> <profile role="guest"> <rank>1</rank> Rank can be promoted. <name>Herong</name> Name must be unique. </profile> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet>
Run XSLTransformer.java to perform the transformation, you should get:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <profile role="guest"> <rank>1</rank> Rank can be promoted. <name>Herong</name> Name must be unique. </profile>
The output looks good. All 3 literal XML elements are included in the result XML document correctly.
Table of Contents
Introduction of XML (eXtensible Markup Language)
DOM (Document Object Model) Programming Interface
SAX (Simple API for XML) Programming Interface
DTD (Document Type Definition) Introduction
Validating an XML Document against the Specified DTD Document Type
XSD (XML Schema Definition) Introduction
Validating XML Documents Against Specified XML Schemas
XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language) Introduction
XSLT (XSL Transformations) Introduction
XSLT Elements as Programming Statements
►Control and Generate XML Element in the Result
"output" - The Output Format Control Element
►Generating Transformation Output in XML Format
"element" and "attribute" - Constructing Output Elements
"copy" - Copy Elements from Source to Result
PHP Extensions for XML Manipulation
Processing XML with Python Scripts
XML Tools Plugin for Notepad++
XML Plugin Packages for Atom Editor