Brief Summary About XSLT

XSLT is basically a language for transforming XML documents




XSLT Elements
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XPath

XPath is used to navigate through elements and attributes in an XML document.


The Element

A template contains rules to apply when a specified node is matched




The Element

Extract the value of a selected node



The Element

The element allows you to do looping in XSLT.

The XSL element can be used to select every XML element of a specified node-set:



The Element

The element is used to sort the output.

The Element

The element is used to put a conditional test against the content of an XML file.





The Element

The element is used in conjunction with and to express multiple conditional tests.


The Element

The element applies a template to the current element or to the current element's child nodes.


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XSLT Functions
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current() Returns the current node

document() Used to access the nodes in an external XML document

element-available() Tests whether the element specified is supported by the XSLT processor

format-number() Converts a number into a string

function-available() Tests whether the function specified is supported by the XSLT processor

generate-id() Returns a string value that uniquely identifies a specified node

key() Returns a node-set using the index specified by an element

system-property() Returns the value of the system properties

unparsed-entity-uri() Returns the URI of an unparsed entity