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Converting XML to HTML using XSL Transform with Example

XML with XSLT you can do so many things. for example applying rich style sheet and represent XML document into alternative form.

XSLT stands for Extensible Style Language Transformation. XSLT is powerful API for applying style to a XML documents.

XML with XSLT you can applying formatting and transformation. Formatting is like CSS for applying styles. And transformation mean XSLT give you control to transform XML to another form.

Original XML document is not changed. But base on original document create new document.

We define the web page structure tag that use for write XML document. Create a file called page.xml to entering following code.

XSLT Transform

Lets start to write XSLT transform that will convert XML document and render to a HTML.

Define document type is XML along with document encoding:

Specifies the XSL Style Sheet and define the output method in <xsl:output> tag. Default output method XML otherwise explicitly specify either TEXT or HTML.

Optionally you can also specifies the indent attribute to produce indented spaced XML output.

you can define number of templates contains using <xsl:template> tag. Every <xsl:template> tag contains match attributes.

<xsl:apply-templates> process the children of the current node. In our case root element is current node.

Adding a root element that follow the following instruction,

HTML tag also process with <xsl:apply-templates/> tag. <xsl:apply-templates/> surrounding to a specified HTML tag. you can also assign style attributes to apply inline CSS.

Process the child element

Now adding a child <HEADING> tag you have to add new template. In match attribute you have to write full XPATH from the root element or simple write tag name.

But one thing clear if tag name use several time in your XML document and you want to apply style specific tag you have to write the full XPATH other wise you can use only tag name to XML find itself.

Example Code:

Make C# Program for Converting XML to HTML using XSL Transform

Now create C# console application. using keyword to import the XML library

Result should be like,

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