Re: [xsl] Transforming data through Xalan

["Laura Jenkins" <xsl_list at hotmail dot com>]

hi pavitra.
i think it will be of some help to me in answering ur question if u send the 
xml file.. thaz the main vriteria for xsl transformation
namaste
laura


>From: "Andrew Welch" <awelch@piper-group.com>
>Reply-To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
>To: <xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com>
>Subject: Re: [xsl] Transforming data through Xalan
>Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 12:25:34 -0000
>
>Hi,
>
>Without seeing your source xml I can't say for sure... but it looks as
>though your <xsl:for-each> can't find 'issues/issue' as a child of the 
>root.
>You could use
>
><xsl:for-each select="//issues/issue">
>
>which will find all 'issue' elements with parent 'issues' throughout the
>whole xml doc, or you could make the path more specific (you will need to
>post some of your xml for help with that one)
>
>cheers
>andrew
>
>
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Thank you for providing a forum like this for newbies like me.
> >
> > My problem is that:
> >
> > I have a JSP page which displays the various columns and look and feel
>based
> > on the selections made by user during account setup. This "metadata" is
> > stored in an XML file.
> >
> > While displaying the page I want to read the metadata, read a Java
> > collection (Vector) holding the records and convert it into SAX events 
>on
> > the fly and apply one standard XSL to it. SAX events are generated for
>only
> > those data columns whose equivalent metadata have text value "Y". All 
>this
> > transformation needs to be done at server-side only.
> >
> > The solution that I have been working with is
> >
> > 1- take input from user in a JSP page process the request and write the
>XML
> > file.
> >
> > 2- To generate the output XML, I parse this xml file into a dom tree and
>get
> > the Java Bean holding the Vector of Java objects to been displayed. I
> > generate the elements through my own parser extending XMLReader 
>interface
> > (only those elements that need to be shown)
> >
> > 3- the XML generated by the TransformerHandlerIdentity contenthandler is
> > correct but when I plug the stylesheet into TransformerHandler the XSL
> > transformation do not get applied.
> >
> > I have traced the transformation through the xalan debugging classes and
>the
> > output says
> >
> > "file:///c:/ims/xsl/scheme.xsl Line #5, Column #25: template match='/'
> > STARTDOCUMENT
> > file:///c:/ims/xsl/scheme.xsl Line #6, Column #21: table
> > file:///c:/ims/xsl/scheme.xsl Line #7, Column #40: for-each
> > file:///c:/ims/xsl/scheme.xsl Line #7, Column #40: for-each,
>select='null':
> >      [empty node list]
> > STARTELEMENT: table
> > ENDELEMENT: table
> > ENDDOCUMENT
> >
> >
> > for the xsl file which reads like
> >
> > <?xml version="1.0"?>
> > <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
> > version="1.0">
> > <xsl:output method="html"/>
> >
> > <xsl:template match="/">
> >   <table border="1">
> >    <xsl:for-each select="issues/issue">
> >      <tr>
> >      <xsl:apply-templates/>
> >      </tr>
> >     </xsl:for-each>
> >   </table>
> > </xsl:template>
> >  <xsl:template match="column">
> >  <td>
> >      <xsl:value-of select="@name"/>
> >  </td>
> >  </xsl:template>
> > </xsl:stylesheet>
> >
> > I would be glad to provide any information needed.
> >
> > TIA,
> > Regards,
> > Pavitra Jain
> >
> >
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> >
>
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