List of Examples

Introduction

A Specimen Example

Chapter 1: XSLT in Context

A "Hello, world!" XSLT Stylesheet

Tabulating Word Frequencies

Displaying a Poem

Chapter 2: The XSLT Processing Model

An XML Tree

Well-Balanced XML Fragment

Push Processing

Controlling the Sequence of Processing

Selecting Nodes Explicitly

Chapter 3: Stylesheet Structure

Using <xsl: include>

Using <xsl: import>

Embedded Stylesheets

A Simplified Stylesheet

Using an Extension Instruction

Chapter 5: XSLT Elements

Using Modes

Checking for Cycles in a Graph

Generating an Attribute Conditionally

Deciding the Attribute Name at Runtime

Using an Attribute Set for Numbering

Using Recursion' to Process a Sequence of Nodes

Using Recursion to Process a Sequence of Strings

Using a character-map to comment-out Elements

Example Example: Using <xsl:copy-of> for Repeated Output

Converting Attributes to Child Elements

Showing the Ancestors of a Node

Single-Level Grouping by Value

Example Example: Multilevel Grouping by Value

Grouping Consecutive Elements by Name

Example Example: Handling Repeating Groups of Adjacent Elements

Handling Flat XHTML Documents

Looking for Cycles among Attribute Sets

Formatting a List of Names

Example 1: Precedenec of Variables

Example 2: Precedence of Template Rules

Using <xsl: Include> with Named Attribute Sets

Multivalued Nonunique Keys

Example of <xsl: namespace-alias >

Numbering the Lines of a Poem

Using <xsl: param> with a Default Value

Tunnel Parameters

Creating Multiple Output Files

Sorting on the Result of a Calculation

Template Rules

Using modes

Using a Variable for Context-Sensitive Values

Getting the Result of <xsl:call-template> In a Variable

A MultiPhase Transformation

Chapter 6: Patterns

Using the key() Pattern to Format a Specific Node

Chapter 7: XSLT Functions

current()

Using the document() Function to Analyze a Stylesheet

A Lookup Table in the Stylesheet

Creating Multiple Output Files

Using generate-Id() to Create Links

Using Keys as Cross-References

Using Keys for Grouping

Processing a Comma-Separated-Values File

Chapter 8: Extensibility

Using VBScript in an MSXML3 Stylesheet

An Extension Function to Calculate a Square Root

Calling External Functions within a Loop

A Function with Uncontrolled Side Effects

Chapter 9: Stylesheet Design Patterns

A "Fill-in-the-Blanks" Stylesheet

A Navigational Stylesheet

A Rule-Based Stylesheet

Aggregating a List of Numbers

Using Interleaved Structures

Appendix C: Microsoft XSLT Processors

Using Client-Side JScript to Transform a Document

Appendix E: Saxon

Using saxon: evaluate() to Apply Business Rules