The solutions to the XSLT exercises
Solution to exercise 1a:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output encoding="iso-8859-1" version="1.0"/>
<xsl:template match="CollectionOfPoems">
<html>
<body><h1>Collection of poems</h1>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Author">
<br/>
<h4>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</h4>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="FirstName">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="LastName">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Title">
<h2>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</h2>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Strophe">
<p>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</p>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Verse">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
<br/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Poem">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Bold">
<b>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</b>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Subtitle">
<h4>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</h4>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>Solution to exercise 1b:
With the help of the <xsl:apply-templates> element, further templates are searched for matching sub-elements. If no template is found, the content (text) is copied.
Solution to exercise 1c:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output encoding="iso-8859-1" version="1.0"/>
<xsl:template match="CollectionOfPoems">
<html>
<body><h1>Collection of poems</h1>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Author">
<br/>
<h4><!-- YourFirsName YourLastName --></h4>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="FirstName">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="LastName">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Title">
<h2>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</h2>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Strophe">
<p>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</p>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Verse">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
<br/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Poem">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Bold">
<b>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</b>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Subtitle">
<h4>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</h4>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>Solution to exercise 2a:
The select attribute was supplemented in order to select only a particular part of the tree. All the other sub-elements are ignored in this way.
Solution to exercise 2b:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output encoding="iso-8859-1" version="1.0"/>
<xsl:template match="CollectionOfPoems">
<html>
<body>
<h1>Collection of poems</h1>
<p>
<xsl:call-template name="Title"/>
<xsl:call-template name="Name"/>
</p>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="Title">
<br/>
Titel: <xsl:apply-templates select="Poem/Title"/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Title">
<h4>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</h4>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="Name">
<br/>
Author: <xsl:apply-templates select="Poem/Author/FirstName | Poem/Author/LastName"/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Title">
<h4>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</h4>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="FirstName">
<br/>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="LastName">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>Solution to exercise 2c:
Elements which are not listed in the list of the selected elements are not taken over into the target document.
Solution to exercise 3:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output encoding="iso-8859-1" version="1.0"/>
<xsl:template match="CollectionOfPoems">
<html>
<body>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Author">
<br/>
<h4>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</h4>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="FirstName">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="LastName">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Title">
<h2>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</h2>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Strophe">
<p>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</p>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Verse">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
<br/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Poem">
Year of publication:
<xsl:value-of select="@YearOfPublication"/>
<br/><xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Solution to exercise 4:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output encoding="iso-8859-1" version="1.0"/>
<xsl:template match="CollectionOfPoems">
<html>
<body>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Author">
<br/>
<h4>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</h4>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="FirstName">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="LastName">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Title">
<h2>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</h2>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Strophe">
<p>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</p>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Verse">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
<br/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Poem">
<br/>
<xsl:if test="@Language='el'">The Poem is in Greek.
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>Solution to exercise 5a:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output encoding="iso-8859-1" version="1.0"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:for-each select="//Poem">
<xsl:sort order="ascending" data-type="number" select="@YearOfPublication"/>
<xsl:sort order="ascending" data-type="text" select="Author/LastName"/>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Author">
<br/>
<h4>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</h4>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="FirstName">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="LastName">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Title">
<h2>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</h2>
<p>Year of publication: <xsl:value-of select="parent::Poem/@YearOfPublication"/></p>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Strophe">
<p>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</p>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Verse">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
<br/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Poem">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Browser view of the solution to exercise 5a (excerpt):
Solution to exercise 5b:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output encoding="iso-8859-1" version="1.0"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<h1>Table Of Contents</h1>
<p>
<xsl:for-each select="//Poem">
<xsl:sort order="ascending" data-type="number" select="@YearOfPublication"/>
<xsl:sort order="ascending" data-type="text" select="Author/LastName"/>
<a href="#{Title}">
<xsl:value-of select="Title"/>
</a><br/>
</xsl:for-each>
</p>
<xsl:for-each select="//Poem">
<xsl:sort order="ascending" data-type="number" select="@YearOfPublication"/>
<xsl:sort order="ascending" data-type="text" select="Author/LastName"/>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Author">
<br/>
<h4>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</h4>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="FirstName">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="LastName">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Title">
<h2>
<a name="{.}"/>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</h2>
<p>Year of publication: <xsl:value-of select="parent::Poem/@YearOfPublication"/></p>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Strophe">
<p>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</p>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Verse">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
<br/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Poem">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Browser view to the solution of exercise 5b:
Solution to exercise 6a:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output encoding="iso-8859-1" version="1.0"/>
<xsl:template match="CollectionOfPoems">
<html>
<body>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Author">
<br/>
<h4>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</h4>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="FirstName">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="LastName">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Title">
<h2>
<xsl:number format="I" level="any"/>
<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</h2>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Strophe">
<p>
<b>Strophe <xsl:number/>
</b>
<br/>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</p>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Verse">
<b>Verse <xsl:number level="multiple" count="//Poem | //Poem/Strophe | //Poem/Strophe/Verse" format="I.1.1"/></b>
<br/>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
<br/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Poem">
<br/>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Browser view to the solution of exercise 6a:
Solution to exercise 6b:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output encoding="iso-8859-1" version="1.0"/>
<xsl:template match="CollectionOfPoems">
<html>
<body>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Author">
<br/>
<table>
<col width="30px"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="color:#G9G9G9; font-size:9pt">
<xsl:number count="//Title | //Verse | //Author | //Subtitle" format="1" level="any"/>
</td>
<td style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="FirstName">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="LastName">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Title">
<table>
<col width="30px"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="color:#G9G9G9; font-size:9pt">
<xsl:number count="//Title | //Verse | //Author | //Subtitle" format="1" level="any"/>
</td>
<td style="font-size:18pt; font-weight:bold">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Subtitle">
<table>
<col width="30px"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="color:#G9G9G9; font-size:9pt">
<xsl:number count="//Title | //Verse | //Author | //Subtitle" format="1" level="any"/>
</td>
<td style="font-size:14pt; font-weight:bold">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Strophe">
<p>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</p>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Verse">
<table>
<col width="30px"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="color:#G9G9G9; font-size:9pt">
<xsl:number count="//Title | //Verse | //Author | //Subtitle" format="1" level="any"/>
</td>
<td style="font-size:10pt">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Poem">
<br/>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>Browser view to the solution of exercise 6b:
Solution to exercise 7:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output encoding="iso-8859-1" version="1.0"/>
<xsl:template match="CollectionOfPoems">
<html>
<body>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Author">
<br/>
<h4>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</h4>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="FirstName">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="LastName">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Title">
<h2>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</h2>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Strophe">
<p>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</p>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Verse">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
<br/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Poem">
<xsl:variable name="Year">
<xsl:value-of select="starts-with(@YearOfPublication,'-')"/>
</xsl:variable>
<div>
<xsl:if test="$Year='true'">
<xsl:attribute name="style">background-color:red</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:if>
<br/>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</div>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>Browser view to the solution of exercise 7 (excerpt):
Solution to exercise 8a:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:import href="Solution8b.xslt"/>
<xsl:output encoding="iso-8859-1" version="1.0"/>
<xsl:template match="CollectionOfPoems">
<html>
<body>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>Solution to exercise 8b:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output encoding="iso-8859-1" version="1.0"/>
<xsl:template match="Author">
<br/>
<h4>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</h4>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="FirstName">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="LastName">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Title">
<h2>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</h2>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Strophe">
<p>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</p>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Verse">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
<br/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Poem">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>Copyright © dpunkt.verlag GmbH 2004
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