XML Development with Java™ 2

Chapter 5. Java and the Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL)

"XSL is a language for expressing stylesheets."

—W3C, Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL)

"XSLT is a language for transforming XML documents into other XML documents."

—W3C, XSLT Transformations (XSLT) Version 1.0 Specification

IN THIS CHAPTER

• The XSL Language

• The Format of a Stylesheet

• Working with the xsl:template

• Working with xsl:output

• Using XSL Processors

• Pattern Matching with match= and select=

• Working with Expressions

• Precedence for Rules

• Advanced XSL

• Attribute Value Templates

• Formatting Objects