XML Stylesheet Example

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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>