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How to display mixed XML content in HTML using ?XSLT?

XML content is mixed when text and attributes are both present inside an element. The <title> element has mixed content in the example: two attributes: ISBN and author, and the element's text: OpenGL Programming Guide Fourth Edition.

Create the XML document and link it to the XSL stylesheet.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="mixed.xsl"?>
<books>
   <book>  
	<title ISBN="0321173481" author="Michael R. Sweet">
	OpenGL Programming Guide Fourth Edition</title>		
   </book>
   <book>
	<title ISBN="0849371643" author="Gerald Farin">
	Curves and Surfaces for CAGD: A Practical Guide</title>
   </book>
   <book>
	<title ISBN="1558606696" author="David Rogers">
	An Introduction to NURBS: With Historical Perspective</title>
   </book>
   <book>
	<title ISBN="1568810849" author="Gerald Farin">
	NURBS: From Projective Geometry to Practical Use</title>
   </book>
</books>

Create the XSL stylesheet.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="html" encoding="UTF-8"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<head><title>Books</title>
</head>
<body>
<table width="100%" border="1">
  <THEAD>
   <TR>
      <TD width="10%"><B>ISBN</B></TD>
      <TD width="20%"><B>Author</B></TD>
      <TD width="40%"><B>Title</B></TD>
   </TR>
  </THEAD> 
  <TBODY>
   <xsl:for-each select="books/book">
   <TR>	
     <xsl:apply-templates select="title" />
      <TD width="40%"><xsl:value-of select="title" /></TD>   
   </TR>
   </xsl:for-each>
  </TBODY>
</table>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="title">
<TD width="10%"><xsl:value-of select="@ISBN" /></TD> 
<TD width="20%"><xsl:value-of select="@author" /></TD>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Output:


ISBN       Author           Title                           
0321173481 Michael R. Sweet OpenGL Programming Guide Fourth Edition
0849371643 Gerald Farin     Curves and Surfaces for CAGD: A Practical Guide1558606696 David Rogers     An Introduction to NURBS: With Historical Perspective 
1568810849 Gerald Farin     NURBS: From Projective Geometry to Practical Use

Attributes are referred to the same way as elements with the difference that attribute names are preceeded by the @ sign.

<xsl:apply-templates select="title" />

This creates a new template to process further elements that start from the element specified.

<xsl:template match="title">

This matches all occurences of the specified element.

<xsl:value-of select="title" />

This outputs the text value of all <title> elements found.

<xsl:value-of select="@ISBN" />

This outputs the attribute's value.

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last edited (April 19, 2004) by lillu, Number of views: 2636, Current Rev: 6 (Diff)

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