Transforming XML into HTML using an XSL stylesheet
This scenario describes a two-component Job that converts XML data into an HTML document using an XSL stylesheet. It also defines a transformation parameter of the XSL stylesheet to change the background color of the header of the HTML document created.
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This scenario uses two input files: customers.xml and customers.xsl.
The content of the customers.xml file is as
follows.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Customers>
<Customer RegisterTime="2001-01-17 06:26:40.000">
<Name>
<id>1</id>
<CustomerName>Griffith Paving and Sealcoatin</CustomerName>
</Name>
<Address>
<CustomerAddress>talend@apres91</CustomerAddress>
<idState>2</idState>
</Address>
<Revenue>
<Sum1>67852</Sum1>
</Revenue>
</Customer>
<Customer RegisterTime="2002-06-07 09:40:00.000">
<Name>
<id>2</id>
<CustomerName>Bill's Dive Shop</CustomerName>
</Name>
<Address>
<CustomerAddress>511 Maple Ave. Apt. 1B</CustomerAddress>
<idState>3</idState>
</Address>
<Revenue>
<Sum1>88792</Sum1>
</Revenue>
</Customer>
<Customer RegisterTime="1987-02-23 17:33:20.000">
<Name>
<id>3</id>
<CustomerName>Glenn Oaks Office Supplies</CustomerName>
</Name>
<Address>
<CustomerAddress>1859 Green Bay Rd.</CustomerAddress>
<idState>2</idState>
</Address>
<Revenue>
<Sum1>1225.</Sum1>
</Revenue>
</Customer>
<Customer RegisterTime="1992-04-28 23:26:40.000">
<Name>
<id>4</id>
<CustomerName>DBN Bank</CustomerName>
</Name>
<Address>
<CustomerAddress>456 Grossman Ln.</CustomerAddress>
<idState>3</idState>
</Address>
<Revenue>
<Sum1>64493</Sum1>
</Revenue>
</Customer>
<Customer RegisterTime="1999-04-26 23:26:44.000">
<Name>
<id>5</id>
<CustomerName>Facelift Kitchen and Bath</CustomerName>
</Name>
<Address>
<CustomerAddress>220 Vine Ave.</CustomerAddress>
<idState>10</idState>
</Address>
<Revenue>
<Sum1>888888</Sum1>
</Revenue>
</Customer>
</Customers>The content of the customer.xsl file is as
follows.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
exclude-result-prefixes="xs"
version="2.0">
<xsl:param name="bgcolor"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<body>
<h2>Customers</h2>
<table border="1">
<tr bgcolor="{$bgcolor}">
<th>ID</th>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Address</th>
</tr>
<xsl:for-each select="Customers/Customer">
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="Name/id"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="Name/CustomerName"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="Address/CustomerAddress"/></td>
</tr>
</xsl:for-each>
</table>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
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