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Sample XSLT File for Navigating XPath Axes
A subset of this file is used in each topic for XPath navigation axes.
XSLT File (orgchart.xsl)
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version="1.0">
<!-- Common template rule (suppresses all text nodes not
explicitly covered in succeeding template rules) -->
<xsl:template match="text()"/>
<!-- Parent axis -->
<xsl:template match="director[name='Michelle Votava']">
<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>Attribute name</th>
<th>Attribute value</th>
<th>Parent name</th>
<th>Parent value</th>
</tr>
<xsl:for-each select="attribute::*">
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="name()"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="."/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="name(parent::*)"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="parent::*"/></td>
</tr>
</xsl:for-each>
</table>
</xsl:template>
<!-- Ancestor axis -->
<xsl:template match="*[name='Peter Porzuczek']">
<h2>Peter Porzuczek's superiors:</h2>
<xsl:for-each select="ancestor::*">
<h4><xsl:value-of select="name"/></h4>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
<!-- Following axis -->
<xsl:template match="name[.='Katie McAskill-White']">
<h2>Katie McAskill-White's followers:</h2>
<xsl:for-each select="following::*/name">
<h4><xsl:value-of select="."/></h4>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
<!-- Preceding axis -->
<xsl:template match="name[.='John Tippett']">
<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>Node name</th>
<th>Node value</th>
</tr>
<xsl:for-each select="preceding::*">
<xsl:variable name="bgcolor">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="name()='name'">yellow</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>white</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:variable>
<tr>
<xsl:attribute name="style">background-color: <xsl:value-of select="$bgcolor"/>
</xsl:attribute>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="name()"/>
</td>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</td>
</tr>
</xsl:for-each>
</table>
</xsl:template>
<!-- Following-sibling axis -->
<xsl:template match="name[.='Shelly Szymanski']">
<xsl:if test="following-sibling::*">
<h2>following-siblings of <name>
'<xsl:value-of select="."/>'</h2>
<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>Node name</th>
<th>Node value</th>
</tr>
<xsl:for-each select="following-sibling::*">
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="name()"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="."/></td>
</tr>
</xsl:for-each>
</table>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
<!-- Preceding-sibling axis -->
<xsl:template match="chairman">
<xsl:if test="preceding-sibling::node()">
<h2>preceding-siblings of '<xsl:value-of select="name"/>'</h2>
<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>Node name</th>
<th>Node value</th>
</tr>
<xsl:for-each select="preceding-sibling::node()">
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="name()"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="."/></td>
</tr>
</xsl:for-each>
</table>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<!-- Attribute axis (note: two template rules) -->
<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<head><title>Employee Info</title></head>
<body>
<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Emp ID</th>
<th>Empl Date</th>
</tr>
<xsl:apply-templates />
</table>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="name">
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="."/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="parent::*/attribute::empID"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="parent::*/attribute::empdate"/></td>
</tr>
</xsl:template>
<!-- Self axis -->
<xsl:template match="president[division='International']">
<xsl:for-each select="descendant::name">
<h2><xsl:value-of select="self::*"/></h2>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
<!-- Descendant-or-self axis -->
<xsl:template match="name[.='Steve Masters']">
<h2>Steve Masters and descendant elements:</h2>
<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Emp ID</th>
<th>Empl Date</th>
</tr>
<xsl:for-each select="parent::*/descendant-or-self::name">
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="."/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="parent::*/@empID"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="parent::*/@empdate"/></td>
</tr>
</xsl:for-each>
</table>
</xsl:template>
<!-- Ancestor-or-self axis -->
<xsl:template match="name[.='Josh Barnhill']">
<h2>Josh Barnhill's reporting structure:</h2>
<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>Generation</th>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Emp ID</th>
<th>Empl Date</th>
</tr>
<xsl:for-each select="ancestor-or-self::*[name()!='name']">
<tr>
<td align="center">
<xsl:value-of select="position()-last()"/>
</td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="name"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="@empID"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="@empdate"/></td>
</tr>
</xsl:for-each>
</table>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>