XML – Scripts & HOWTOs

XML Stylesheet Example

2013-07-05 / XML / Tim van Kooten Niekerk

An XML stylesheet can be used to transform XML file to an HTML table. Check out the results of stylesheet below if it is linked to an XML file. In the source of the page you will only display XML.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0" >
  
  <xsl:template match="/">
    <html>
    <head><title/></head>
    <body>
      <table border="0pt" style="solid">
        <tbody>
          <!--call table headers-->
          <!--table headers-->
          <tr bgcolor="grey">
            <!--header-->
            <xsl:for-each select="manuals/manual[1]/*">
              <th><xsl:value-of select="name()"/></th>
            </xsl:for-each>
            <th>new-id</th>
          </tr>
          <!--call table rows-->
          <xsl:apply-templates select="manuals/manual">
            <xsl:sort order="ascending" select="title"/>
          </xsl:apply-templates>
        </tbody>
      </table>
    </body>
    </html>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="manuals/manual">
    <!--table rows-->
    <!--kleur bepalen-->
    <xsl:variable name="kleur">
      <xsl:choose>
        <xsl:when test="category='PowerShell Scripting'">lightblue</xsl:when>
        <xsl:when test="category='MSSQL Server'">lightpink</xsl:when>
        <xsl:otherwise>white</xsl:otherwise>
      </xsl:choose>
    </xsl:variable>
    <tr bgcolor="{$kleur}">
    <xsl:for-each select="*">
      <td><xsl:value-of select="."/></td>
    </xsl:for-each>
    <!--extra regel t.b.v. newid-->
    <td><xsl:value-of select="id+1000"/></td>
    </tr>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

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XML Xpath Basics

2013-07-05 / XML / Tim van Kooten Niekerk

Expressions

/rootelement/childelement //elementname
Return all elements named 'elementname' 

//elementname/childelement[1] 
Get only 1st childelement with name childelelement

. 
Current node

..
Parrent element

Functions

name()
Name of the current node

comment()
Display comments

text()
Display CDATA text

document('/path/to/file.xml')/rootelement/childelement 
Set pointer to external file

string-length(element/childelement)
Get string length

concat(element/childelement1, ' ', element/childelement2)
Concatenate strings

contains(elemen/childelement, 'substring')
String contains substring

starts-with(), normalize-space(), substring-before(), substring-after(), count() not(), true(), false(), ...

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XML Transformation Example

2013-07-03 / XML / Tim van Kooten Niekerk

The following example transforms an XML file to a different format, by using an XSLT (transformation-stylesheet).

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
 
  <xsl:template match="/">
    <!--Use apply-templates to create a loop...-->
    <website>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="manuals/manual"/>
    </website>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="manuals/manual">
    <article>
      <title>
        <!--id, title-->
        <xsl:value-of select="concat(id,' - ',title)"/>
      </title>
      <writer>
        <!--written_by-->
        <xsl:value-of select="written_by"/>
      </writer>
      <category>
        <!--category-->
        <xsl:choose>
          <xsl:when test="category='GNU/Linux'">GNU</xsl:when>
          <xsl:when test="category='MS Windows Server'">MSOS</xsl:when>
          <xsl:when test="category='MSSQL Server'">MSSQL</xsl:when>
          <xsl:when test="category='MySQL Server'">MYSQL</xsl:when>
          <xsl:when test="category='Netwerk'">NET</xsl:when>
          <xsl:when test="category='PowerShell Scripting'">MSPSH</xsl:when>
          <xsl:when test="category='VisualBasic Scripting'">MSWSH</xsl:when>
          <xsl:when test="category='XML'">XML</xsl:when>
          <xsl:otherwise>Category unknown</xsl:otherwise>
        </xsl:choose>
      </category>
    </article>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

An example of an input and output file based on above XSLT transformation.

INPUT:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<manuals xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <manual>
    <title>PowerShell Unzip Function</title>
    <written_by>Tim van Kooten Niekerk</written_by>
    <category>PowerShell Scripting</category>
    <id>78</id>
    <year>2013</year>
  </manual>
</manuals>

OUTPUT:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<website>
  <article>
    <title>78 - PowerShell Unzip Function</title>
    <writer>Tim van Kooten Niekerk</writer>
    <category>MSPSH</category>
  </article>
</website>

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XML Schema Example

2013-07-03 / XML / Tim van Kooten Niekerk

A simple XML schema (XSD) sample with Complex Types and restrictions on data types. The schema is built up from bottom to top.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="http://totietoot.nl/schemas/example" elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified" targetNamespace="http://totietoot.nl/schemas/example">
  <xs:simpleType name="titleType">
    <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
      <xs:maxLength value="50"/>
    </xs:restriction>
  </xs:simpleType>
  <xs:simpleType name="written_byType">
    <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
      <xs:maxLength value="30"/>
    </xs:restriction>
  </xs:simpleType>
  <xs:simpleType name="categoryType">
    <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
      <xs:enumeration value="GNU/Linux"/>
      <xs:enumeration value="MS Windows Server"/>
      <xs:enumeration value="MSSQL Server"/>
      <xs:enumeration value="MySQL Server"/>
      <xs:enumeration value="Netwerk"/>
      <xs:enumeration value="PowerShell Scripting"/>
      <xs:enumeration value="VisualBasic Scripting"/>
    </xs:restriction>
  </xs:simpleType>
  <xs:simpleType name="companyType">
    <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
      <xs:maxLength value="15"/>
    </xs:restriction>
  </xs:simpleType>
  <xs:simpleType name="idType">
    <xs:restriction base="xs:integer"/>
  </xs:simpleType>
  <xs:simpleType name="yearType">
    <xs:restriction base="xs:integer">
      <xs:minInclusive value="1950"/>
      <xs:maxExclusive value="2050"/>
    </xs:restriction>
  </xs:simpleType>
  <xs:complexType name="manualComplexType">
    <xs:sequence>
      <xs:element name="title" type="titleType"/>
      <xs:element name="written_by" type="written_byType"/>
      <xs:element name="category" type="categoryType"/>
      <xs:element name="id" type="idType"/>
      <xs:element name="year" type="yearType"/>
    </xs:sequence>
  </xs:complexType>
  <xs:complexType name="manualType">
    <xs:sequence maxOccurs="unbounded">
      <xs:element name="manual" type="manualComplexType"/>
    </xs:sequence>
  </xs:complexType>
  <xs:element name="manuals" type="manualType"/>
</xs:schema>

XML example based upon above schema.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<manuals xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://totietoot.nl/schemas/example" xsi:schemaLocation="http://totietoot.nl/schemas/example http://totietoot.nl/schemas/example/example.xsd">
  <manual>
    <title>PowerShell Unzip Function</title>
    <written_by>Tim van Kooten Niekerk</written_by>
    <category>PowerShell Scripting</category>
    <id>78</id>
    <year>2013</year>
  </manual>
</manuals>

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