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XSLT Cookbook
Solutions and Examples for XML and XSLT Developers
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- Table of Contents
- + Preface
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XPath
- 1.0 Introduction
- + 1.1 Effectively Using Axes
- + 1.2 Filtering Nodes
- + 1.3 Working with Sequences
- + 1.4 Shrinking Conditional Code with If Expressions
- + 1.5 Eliminating Recursion with for Expressions
- + 1.6 Taming Complex Logic Using Quantifiers
- + 1.7 Using Set Operations
- + 1.8 Using Node Comparisons
- + 1.9 Coping with XPath 2.0’s Extended Type System
- + 1.10 Exploiting XPath 2.0’s Extended Type System
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Strings
- 2.0 Introduction
- + 2.1 Testing If a String Ends with Another String
- + 2.2 Finding the Position of a Substring
- + 2.3 Removing Specific Characters from a String
- + 2.4 Finding Substrings from the End of a String
- + 2.5 Duplicating a String N Times
- + 2.6 Reversing a String
- + 2.7 Replacing Text
- + 2.8 Converting Case
- + 2.9 Tokenizing a String
- + 2.10 Making Do Without Regular Expressions
- + 2.11 Exploiting Regular Expressions
- + 2.12 Using the EXSLT String Extensions
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Numbers and Math
- 3.0 Introduction
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3.1 Formatting Numbers
- + 3.2 Rounding Numbers to a Specified Precision
- + 3.3 Converting from Roman Numerals to Numbers
- + 3.4 Converting from One Base to Another
- + 3.5 Implementing Common Math Functions
- + 3.6 Computing Sums and Products
- + 3.7 Finding Minimums and Maximums
- + 3.8 Computing Statistical Functions
- + 3.9 Computing Combinatorial Functions
- + 3.10 Testing Bits
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Dates and Times
- + 4.0 Introduction
- + 4.1 Calculating the Day of the Week
- + 4.2 Determining the Last Day of the Month
- + 4.3 Getting Names for Days and Months
- + 4.4 Calculating Julian and Absolute Day Numbers from a Specified Date
- + 4.5 Calculating the Week Number for a Specified Date
- + 4.6 Working with the Julian Calendar
- + 4.7 Working with the ISO Calendar
- + 4.8 Working with the Islamic Calendar
- + 4.9 Working with the Hebrew Calendar
- + 4.10 Formatting Dates and Times
- + 4.11 Determining Secular and Religious Holidays
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Selecting and Traversing
- 5.0 Introduction
- + 5.1 Ignoring Duplicate Elements
- + 5.2 Selecting All but a Specific Element
- + 5.3 Selecting Nodes by Context
- + 5.4 Performing a Preorder Traversal
- + 5.5 Performing a Postorder Traversal
- + 5.6 Performing an In-Order Traversal
- + 5.7 Performing a Level-Order Traversal
- + 5.8 Processing Nodes by Position
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Exploiting XSLT 2.0
- 6.0 Introduction
- + 6.1 Convert Simple Named Templates to XSLT Functions
- + 6.2 Prefer for-each-group over Muenchian Method of Grouping
- + 6.3 Modularizing and Modes
- + 6.4 Using Types for Safety and Precision
- + 6.5 Avoiding 1.0 to 2.0 Porting Pitfalls
- + 6.6 Emulating Object-Oriented Reuse and Design Patterns
- + 6.7 Processing Unstructured Text with Regular Expressions
- + 6.8 Solving Difficult Serialization Problems with Character Maps
- + 6.9 Outputting Multiple Documents
- + 6.10 Handling String Literals Containing Quote Characters
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6.11 Understanding the New Capabilities of Old XSLT 1.0 Features
- Problem
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Solution
- xsl:apply-templates
- xsl:attribute
- xsl:call-template
- xsl:comment
- xsl:copy and xsl:copy-of
- xsl:element
- xsl:for-each
- xsl:key
- xsl:message
- xsl:number
- xsl:output
- xsl:param
- xsl:processing-instruction
- xsl:strip-space
- xsl:stylesheet
- xsl:template
- xsl:value-of
- xsl:variable
- xsl:with-param
- current()
- document()
- function-available()
- key()
- system-property()
- Discussion
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XML to Text
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XML to XML
- 8.0 Introduction
- + 8.1 Converting Attributes to Elements
- + 8.2 Converting Elements to Attributes
- + 8.3 Renaming Elements or Attributes
- + 8.4 Merging Documents with Identical Schema
- + 8.5 Merging Documents with Unlike Schema
- + 8.6 Splitting Documents
- + 8.7 Flattening an XML Hierarchy
- + 8.8 Deepening an XML Hierarchy
- + 8.9 Reorganizing an XML Hierarchy
- + Querying XML
- + XML to HTML
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XML to SVG
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Code Generation
- + 12.0 Introduction
- + 12.1 Generating Constant Definitions
- + 12.2 Generating Switching Code
- + 12.3 Generating Message-Handling Stub Code
- + 12.4 Generating Data Wrappers
- + 12.5 Generating Pretty Printers
- + 12.6 Generating a Test Data-Entry Web Client
- + 12.7 Generating Test-Entry Web CGI
- + 12.8 Generating Code from UML Models via XMI
- + 12.9 Generating XSLT from XSLT
- + Vertical XSLT Application Recipes
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Extending and Embedding XSLT
- 14.0 Introduction
- + 14.1 Saxon Extension Functions
- + 14.2 Saxon Extension Elements
- + 14.3 Xalan-Java 2 Extension Functions
- 14.4 Java Extension Function Using the Class Format Namespace
- 14.5 Java Extension Function Using the Package Format Namespace
- 14.6 Java Extension Function Using the Java Format Namespace
- 14.7 Scripting Extension Function Using Inline Script Code
- 14.8 Xalan-Java 2 Extension Elements
- 14.9 Java Extension Element
- + 14.10 Scripting Extension Elements
- + 14.11 MSXML Extension Functions
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14.12 Using Saxon’s and Xalan’s Native Extensions
- Problem
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Solution
- XSLT 1.0
- You want to output to more than one destination
- You want to split a complex transformation into a series of transformations inapipeline
- You want to work with dates and times
- You need a more efficient implementation of set operations
- You want extended information about a node in the source tree
- You want to interact with a relational database
- You want to dynamically evaluate an XPath expression created at runtime
- You want to change the value of a variable
- You want to write first-class extension functions in XSLT 1.0
- XSLT 2.0
- You want to get an XPath expression to the current node
- You want to handle and recover from dynamic errors
- Discussion
- See Also
- + 14.13 Extending XSLT with JavaScript
- + 14.14 Adding Extension Functions Using Java
- + 14.15 Adding Extension Elements Using Java
- + 14.16 Using XSLT from Perl
- + 14.17 Using XSLT from Java
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Testing and Debugging
- 15.0 Introduction
- + 15.1 Using xsl:message Effectively
- + 15.2 Tracing the Flow of Your Stylesheet Through Its Input Document
- + 15.3 Automating the Insertion of Debug Output
- + 15.4 Including Embedded Unit Test Data in Utility Stylesheets
- + 15.5 Structuring Unit Tests
- + 15.6 Testing Boundary and Error Conditions
- + Generic and Functional Programming
- Index
Forget those funky robot toys that were all the rage in the '80s, XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Transformations) is the ultimate transformer. This powerful language is expert at transforming XML documents into PDF files, HTML documents, JPEG files--virtually anything your heart desires. As useful as XSLT is, though, most people have a difficult time learning its many peculiarities. And now Version 2.0, while elegant and powerful, has only added to the confusion.
XSLT Cookbook, Second Edition wants to set the record straight. It helps you sharpen your programming skills and overall understanding of XSLT through a collection of detailed recipes. Each recipe breaks down a specific problem into manageable chunks, giving you an easy-to-grasp roadmap for integrating XSLT with your data and applications. No other XSLT book around employs this practical problem-solution-discussion format.
In addition to offering code recipes for solving everyday problems with XSLT 1.0, this new edition shows you how to leverage the improvements found in XSLT 2.0, such as how to simplify the string manipulation and date/time conversion processes. The book also covers XPath 2.0, a critical companion standard, as well as topics ranging from basic transformations to complex sorting and linking. It even explores extension functions on a variety of different XSLT processors and shows ways to combine multiple documents using XSLT. Code examples add a real-world dimension to each technique.
Whether you're just starting out in XSLT or looking for advanced techniques, you'll find the level of information you need in XSLT Cookbook, Second Edition.
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Computers > Programming Languages > XML
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Publication year : 2008
License: All rights reserved ©
Times read: 1,674
