XSLT Macro

Last modified by Helge Dahl on 2018/12/07 11:35

XSLT Macro helps to transform XML document with XSLT style sheet.
Macro is able to retrieve XML document or style sheet from attachment or URL
XML document or else style sheet could be the content of the macro.

Parameter	Description	Possible values	Default value
xsl	XSLT style sheet to apply to XML	http:somewhere/style.xsl attach:[[space.]page@]style.xsl	none
xml	XML document to process	http:somewhere/document.xml attach:[[space.]page@]document.xml	none
params	Comma separated list of parameters name, value pair	name1=value1[,name2=value2[,...]]	none

Samples

xml and xsl parameters

xsl parameter and content as xml document

{{xslt xsl="attach:persons.xsl"}}
<persons>
   <person username="JS1">
       <name>John</name>
       <family_name>Smith</family_name>
   </person>
   <person username="ND1">
       <name>Nancy</name>
       <family_name>Davolio</family_name>
   </person>
</persons>
{{/xslt}}

Family name	Name
Davolio	Nancy
Smith	John

xml parameter and content as xsl style sheet

{{xslt xml="attach:persons.xml"}}
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
   <xsl:output method="text"/>
   <xsl:template match="/">
       <xsl:text>
|=Family name|=Name
</xsl:text>
       <xsl:apply-templates select="//person">
           <xsl:sort select="family_name" />
       </xsl:apply-templates>
       <xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
   </xsl:template>
   <xsl:template match="person">
       <xsl:text>|</xsl:text>
       <xsl:value-of select="family_name"/>
       <xsl:text>|</xsl:text>
       <xsl:value-of select="name"/>
       <xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
   </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>{{/xslt}}

Family name	Name
Davolio	Nancy
Smith	John

xml parameter, content as xsl style sheet and params parameter

{{xslt xml="attach:persons.xml" params="user=JS1"}}
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
   <xsl:output method="text"/>
   <xsl:param name="user"/>
   <xsl:template match="/">
       <xsl:text>
|=Family name|=Name
</xsl:text>
       <xsl:apply-templates select="//person[@username=$user]">
           <xsl:sort select="family_name" />
       </xsl:apply-templates>
       <xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
   </xsl:template>
   <xsl:template match="person">
       <xsl:text>|</xsl:text>
       <xsl:value-of select="family_name"/>
       <xsl:text>|</xsl:text>
       <xsl:value-of select="name"/>
       <xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
   </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>{{/xslt}}

Family name	Name
Smith	John

missing parameters

xslt macro need at least one of xsl or xml parameter

missing content

xslt macro content is mandatory if only one of xsl or xml parameter is set

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Created by Helge Dahl on 2010/11/02 09:30