Single XML file to multiple HTML

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Single XML file to multiple HTML

How, using XSL?

TheWhippinpost

4:05 pm on Aug 12, 2004 (gmt 0)

Got an XML file where the XPATH is thus:
document/row/blah

I want, in XSL, to create a new HTM file for every "row".

I found a possible solution usin XALAN parser and the 'File' function. So I did some investigation and downloaded the XERCES processor believin that it was packaged with XALAN (as it says at Apache) but I'm Saddam Husseins future cell-mate if I can suss whether it has in fact, got XALAN with it - Java, can't stand it! - or even whether I've installed it correctly.

So, lookin for two possible answers; Can it be done in XSL on its own? If not, some straightforward guidance on installin and/or workin with XERCES/XALAN appreciated.

macrost

2:51 am on Aug 13, 2004 (gmt 0)

What type of server are you on? If I read the post correct, you want to be able to create and save a new html file from an xml document right?

davidpbrown

8:31 am on Aug 13, 2004 (gmt 0)

I expect <xsl:result-document> in XSLT 2.0 is what your looking for. The SAXON processor [saxon.sourceforge.net] handles XSLT 2.0 and should be easy to install.

see 'Feature 2: Multiple Outputs' from Five XSLT 2.0 Features [oracle.com]
which suggests a dynamic filename example.

and then maybe use <xsl:for-each select="document/row"> instead of grouping.. but then the for-each-group is worth looking at.. it's not something I'm familar with.

<added/>
This should work.. but I've not got a processor to check.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="html"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
 <xsl:for-each select="document/row">
 <xsl:result-document href="../output/row{position()}.htm">
 <html>
 <body>
 <xsl:copy-of select="*"/>
 </body>
 </html>
 </xsl:result-document>
 </xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="text()Ś@*"/>
</xsl:stylesheet>

HTH

TheWhippinpost

12:42 pm on Aug 13, 2004 (gmt 0)

Well, as it turns out, I'm not going to be Saddam Husseins future cell-mate afterall. I didn't in fact have xalan in the end... but even when I did install it, the code I had didn't work.

I did however, find multixmltextwriter [msdn.microsoft.com] over at msdn which I'm hacking and making good progress with (Actually, there's some interestin downloads over there).

davidpbrown:

That looks interesting, will check it out thanks.

macrost:

What type of server are you on?

Take ya pick ;Ź)

If I read the post correct, you want to be able to create and save a new html file from an xml document right?

Almost - I want to generate multiple html files from the siblings of the "Row" nodes contained within one XML file.

EG:

Document
-> Row (One HTML file)
-> -> Name
-> -> Another-Name
-> -> Blah...
-> /Row

-> Row (Another HTML file)
-> -> Name
-> -> Another-Name
-> -> Blah...
-> /Row

etc..
/Document