Creating the Style Sheet
Let’s look at a typical style sheet that might be used to transform the XML document in Listing 2.1 into HTML. Listing 2.2 shows the style sheet.
Listing 2.2. This Transformation (invoice.xsl) Takes Listing 2.1 and Converts It into HTML for Viewing in a Browser
<?xml version=”1.0” ?> <xsl:stylesheet version=”1.0” xmlns:xsl=”http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform”> <xsl:output method=”html” /> <!-- Root template rule --> <xsl:template match=”/”> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>First XSLT Example</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><B>Company: </B> <xsl:value-of select=”invoice/clientName” /> </P> <P><B>Contact: </B> <xsl:value-of select=”invoice/contact” /> </P> <P><B>Services Rendered: </B> <xsl:value-of select=”invoice/descriptionOfServices” ... |
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