XML to XML Mapping Editor Examples Readme

This example project shows how you can define mappings between a source and a target XML document and generate the corresponding XSLT. A number of examples are included to illustrate different aspects of mapping. The XML to XML mapping editor can take a variety of input formats (DTD, XSD, or XML). The following table summarizes what each example takes as input and output.

CD Example

A simple example. In this example, information about CDs in cdtitle.xml is converted to another XML format described by the newcdtitle.dtd file.

Address Example

This example shows how to convert an address description from one format to another. It provides an example of tag transformation and how to define an XPath function.

PO Example

In this example, a purchase order received from a Web client is transformed into another format that can be processed by an organization's back-end system. It shows how you can call a Java™ bean or an external JavaScript™ to compute values such as generating an internal unique ID for the request.

Books Example

This example shows how you can take a list of books that are described in Books.xml, and generates a stylesheet for converting it to HTML for rendering in a Web browser. A bookhtml.xml describes the target format which is an HTML table. This example also introduces the concept of sorting. The unordered list of books described in XML are displayed according to category and price in HTML.

OrgChart Example

This example is adapted from the XSLT Programmer's Reference book and uses one of the common stylexml.transformet patterns known as the "Fill in the blanks" stylesheet pattern. The orgchart.xml file represents an organizational chart of a company. It is organized as a recursive structure that reflects the management hierarchy. The generated stylesheet displays this data in an HTML table showing the person's name, title, and the name of his or her boss.

Othello Example

This example is also adapted from the XSLT Programmer's Reference book and uses the common stylesheet patten known as the "Rule-Based" stylesheet pattern. The othello.xml file contains a scene from Shakespeare's play Othello. The generated stylesheet renders the play as an HTML table with two columns with the name of the speaker in the first column, and the lines of speech in the second.

City Example

This is the first of three grouping examples and introduces the concept of grouping. This example is adapted from the XSLT Programmer's Reference. The cities.xml file lists all the cities and their respective countries. You can change the output format to list all the cities found in a particular country by defining a group and a key.

School Example

This is the second grouping example. The school.xml file shows the list of students in a school and the course that each student takes. You can convert this into a different format to list the courses that are offered by the school and the students that are registered for each course.

Employee Example

This is the third grouping example. The employee.xml file contains a list of employees that is created from a typical SQL query. This employee.xml file is generated by the SQL query builder. The result of this query is a flat structure showing the list of employees. You can convert this into a hierarchical structure that groups the list of employees by department.

Travel Example

This example shows you can aggregate data from multiple sources to produce a result document. The hotel.xml contains information about a hotel booking, and the airline.xml contains information about an airline reservation. The data from these two files are combined together to produce an itinerary. Its format is described by the itinerary.dtd file.

Directions Example

In this example, driving directions which handle both Canadian and American addresses, is converted from one format to another. The example demonstrates how to dynamically select or map different members of a choice during a mapping session. It also demonstrates how to add an <xsl:choose> instruction to any target element or attribute in your XMX to XML mapping.