XSLT

XSLT allows to convert XML to other format. XSLT stands for XSL Transformations. The Eclipse XSL Project allows to edit XSLT files and perform interactive XSL transformations in Eclipse.

Eclipse XSLT installation

Install the "Eclipse XSL Developer Tools" via the Eclipse Update Manager.

Your first transformation - copy

We start first with a simplest transformation possible; no transformation at all. Create a new Java project "sawan.modi.xslt.first". Create a folder "files".

Create the following XML file "source.xml" in the folder "files".

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Create the following XLS file "transform.xsl" in the folder "files" .

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Select your xsl file and run it as XSL application.

Select "Open Files..." and select "source.xml". Press ok to run it.

Review the result "source.out.xml"

Your first transformation

We want to do a real transformation. Create the following "transform2.xsl" and run it with the same input file.

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The result should look like the following.

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