Activity - xslTransform

Activity Type: Transformation

Description

Apply an XSL transform to data output from another activity.

Examples

<xslTransform name="transform">
  <inputXSLT from="deliverXSLTOutput"/>
  <inputXML from="statementOutput"/>
  <output name="transformedOutput"/>
</xslTransform>

<xslTransform name="transformInLine">
  <inputXSLT>
    <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
      version="1.0">
      <xsl:output method="text" indent="yes" />
      <xsl:template match="/">
        <xsl:value-of select="RowSet/data/row/col[1]"/>
      </xsl:template>
    </xsl:stylesheet>
  </inputXSLT>
  <inputXML from="statementOutput"/>
  <output name="transformedOutput"/>
</xslTransform>

Specification

Element xslTransform:

• Attribute name - unique name for the activity within the scope of a request.
• Element inputXSLT (required) - the XSLT to apply:
  • The XSLT XML is contained within the element e.g. the second example above. In this case the XSL Transform namespace must be used (http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform).
  • OR
  • Attribute from - name of an input stream providing the XSLT XML e.g. the first example above.
• inputXML (required) - the XML to be transformed:
  • Attribute from - name of an input stream providing the XML data to be transformed.
• output (required) - output stream for the transformed data (characters).
  • Attribute name - name of this output stream.

Input and Output Types

• Input: inputXSLT:
  • java.lang.String containing an XSL document.
  • byte[] - which, when converted to a java.lang.String, contains an XSL document.
  • org.w3c.dom.Node containing an XSL document.
• Input: inputXML:
  • java.lang.String containing an XML document.
  • byte[] - which, when converted to a java.lang.String, contains an XML document.
  • org.w3c.dom.Node containing an XML document.
• Output: output - java.lang.String

Data Resource Accessor

This activity can operate with any data resource accessor.

XML Schema

OGSA-DAI/schema/ogsadai/xsd/activities/xsl_transform.xsd

Class

uk.org.ogsadai.activity.transform.XSLTransformActivity

Client Toolkit Class

uk.org.ogsadai.client.toolkit.activity.transform.XSLTransform