Xslt in XML
? XSLT in XML — Transforming XML with XSLT
XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations) is a powerful XML-based language designed to transform XML documents into other formats such as HTML, XML, plain text, or even JSON.
? Basic Structure of an XSLT Stylesheet
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <!-- Template to match the root element --> <xsl:template match="/"> <!-- Output HTML page --> <html> <body> <h2>My XML Data</h2> <ul> <!-- Loop through all 'item' elements --> <xsl:for-each select="items/item"> <li><xsl:value-of select="."/></li> </xsl:for-each> </ul> </body> </html> </xsl:template></xsl:stylesheet>? Example XML to Transform
<items> <item>Apple</item> <item>Banana</item> <item>Cherry</item></items>? What This Does
Matches the root element (
/).Creates an HTML document with a list.
Loops through each
<item>element and outputs its text inside<li>tags.
? Result of Transformation
<html> <body> <h2>My XML Data</h2> <ul> <li>Apple</li> <li>Banana</li> <li>Cherry</li> </ul> </body></html>Quick Tips on XSLT
Use
<xsl:template match="...">to define rules for XML nodes.Use
<xsl:value-of select="..."/>to extract values.Use
<xsl:for-each select="...">to loop through node sets.XSLT is itself XML, so well-formedness rules apply.
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