 DocFlex/XML - Samples - Alternative to XSLT
This sample demonstrates how DocFlex/XML can be used
as an alternative to a standard XSL Transformation.
- Sample Data
- Using XSLT
- DocFlex/XML Alternative
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This XML listing documentation has been prepared with the "XML File Documentor" template
(see XMLDoc).
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1. Sample Data
The sample data are taken from the following XML document:
personal.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE personnel SYSTEM "personal.dtd"> <personnel> <person id="Big.Boss"> <name> <family>Boss</family> <given>Big</given> </name> <email>chief@foo.com</email> <link subordinates="one.worker two.worker three.worker four.worker five.worker"/> </person> <person id="one.worker"> <name> <family>Worker</family> <given>One</given> </name> <email>one@foo.com</email> <link manager="Big.Boss"/> </person> <person id="two.worker"> <name> <family>Worker</family> <given>Two</given> </name> <email>two@foo.com</email> <link manager="Big.Boss"/> </person> <person id="three.worker"> <name> <family>Worker</family> <given>Three</given> </name> <email>three@foo.com</email> <link manager="Big.Boss"/> </person> <person id="four.worker"> <name> <family>Worker</family> <given>Four</given> </name> <email>four@foo.com</email> <link manager="Big.Boss"/> </person> <person id="five.worker"> <name> <family>Worker</family> <given>Five</given> </name> <email>five@foo.com</email> <link manager="Big.Boss"/> </person> </personnel>
The XML's structure is described by this DTD-file:
personal.dtd
<?xml encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!ELEMENT personnel (person)+>
<!ELEMENT person (name,email*,url*,link?)>
<!ATTLIST person id ID #REQUIRED>
<!ATTLIST person note CDATA #IMPLIED>
<!ATTLIST person contr (true|false) 'false'>
<!ATTLIST person salary CDATA #IMPLIED>
<!ELEMENT name ((family,given)|(given,family))>
<!ELEMENT family (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT given (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT email (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT url EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST url href CDATA 'http://'>
<!ELEMENT link EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST link manager IDREF #IMPLIED>
<!ATTLIST link subordinates IDREFS #IMPLIED>
2. Using XSLT
Here's the XSLT-script defining the transformation:
personal.xsl
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:template match="/"> <html> <p>Personnel</p> <xsl:element name="table"> <xsl:attribute name="border">2</xsl:attribute> <tr> <xsl:attribute name="color">#3333FF</xsl:attribute> <xsl:attribute name="bgcolor">#FFCCCC</xsl:attribute> <xsl:attribute name="align">center</xsl:attribute> <td> <font name="verdana" size="3"> <b>Name</b> </font> </td> <td> <font name="verdana" size="3"> <b>Email</b> </font> </td> <td> <font name="verdana" size="3"> <b>Link</b> </font> </td> </tr> <xsl:apply-templates/> </xsl:element> </html> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="//person"> <xsl:element name="tr"> <xsl:attribute name="align">center</xsl:attribute> <xsl:element name="td"> <font name="verdana" size="3"> <xsl:attribute name="width">120</xsl:attribute> <i> <xsl:value-of select="name/family/text()"/> <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes"> </xsl:text> </i> <xsl:value-of select="name/given/text()"/> </font> </xsl:element> <xsl:element name="td"> <xsl:attribute name="width">120</xsl:attribute> <font name="verdana" size="3"> <xsl:value-of select="email/text()"/> </font> </xsl:element> <xsl:element name="td"> <font color="black" name="verdana" size="3"> <xsl:value-of select="./link/@subordinates"/> <xsl:value-of select="./link/@manager"/> </font> </xsl:element> </xsl:element> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet>
The HTML file produced with that XSLT-script is the following:
3. DocFlex/XML Alternative
Here is how the corresponding DocFlex template looks (click on the screenshot to see in full size):
Except of a few settings invisible on this screenshot, it is almost all needed
to design as a replacement for the XSLT-script above.
(To learn in every detail how to create and execute this template, please see
Creating a Sample Template
tutorial.)
The XML Type definition prepared for
this template consists of just three lines:
personal.name = Personal
personal.dtd.file = %DFH%/samples/personal/personal.dtd
personal.dtd.systemID = personal.dtd
This is the HTML document generated by the template (click on the image to view the real HTML):
And here is something XSL-processors normally do not at all -- the RTF document generated
with this template (click on the image to download the real RTF):
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