JSP™ and XML Integrating XML and Web Services in Your JSP™ Application

Client-Side Transformations and XML

Another way to create different outputs of XML data without leaving the client side is through the use of stylesheets. In this way, the viewable content can change in response to user interaction by applying an XSL stylesheet to the XML DOM representation.

The next example will build upon the previous example by using XSL stylesheets instead of scripting to create output. Each time a hyperlink is selected by the user, the XML DOM is transformed using the appropriate stylesheet, and the results are displayed.

Both of the stylesheets used in this example are from Chapter 11. The cross tab stylesheet counts the occurrences of data, while the sorting table stylesheet creates linked table labels. The links cause ...