XSLT Transform by simple Java code

readme.txt

javac XsltTransform.java
java XsltTransform transform.xslt input.xml output.html


also see:
http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/XSLT/article.html

gistfile - rename to XsltTransform.java

import javax.xml.transform.*;
import javax.xml.XMLConstants;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
import java.io.File;

public class XsltTransform {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws TransformerException {
        Source xslt = new StreamSource(new File(args[0]));
        Source xml  = new StreamSource(new File(args[1]));
        Result out  = new StreamResult(new File(args[2]));

        TransformerFactory factory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
        factory.setAttribute(XMLConstants.ACCESS_EXTERNAL_DTD, "");
        factory.setAttribute(XMLConstants.ACCESS_EXTERNAL_STYLESHEET, "");

        Transformer transformer = factory.newTransformer(xslt);
        transformer.transform(xml, out);
    }
}

input.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- Edited by XMLSpy -->
<catalog>
	<cd>
		<title>Empire Burlesque</title>
		<artist>Bob Dylan</artist>
		<country>USA</country>
		<company>Columbia</company>
		<price>10.90</price>
		<year>1985</year>
	</cd>
	<cd>
		<title>Hide your heart</title>
		<artist>Bonnie Tyler</artist>
		<country>UK</country>
		<company>CBS Records</company>
		<price>9.90</price>
		<year>1988</year>
	</cd>
	<cd>
		<title>Greatest Hits</title>
		<artist>Dolly Parton</artist>
		<country>USA</country>
		<company>RCA</company>
		<price>9.90</price>
		<year>1982</year>
	</cd>
	<cd>
		<title>Still got the blues</title>
		<artist>Gary Moore</artist>
		<country>UK</country>
		<company>Virgin records</company>
		<price>10.20</price>
		<year>1990</year>
	</cd>
	<cd>
		<title>Eros</title>
		<artist>Eros Ramazzotti</artist>
		<country>EU</country>
		<company>BMG</company>
		<price>9.90</price>
		<year>1997</year>
	</cd>
	<cd>
		<title>One night only</title>
		<artist>Bee Gees</artist>
		<country>UK</country>
		<company>Polydor</company>
		<price>10.90</price>
		<year>1998</year>
	</cd>
	<cd>
		<title>Sylvias Mother</title>
		<artist>Dr.Hook</artist>
		<country>UK</country>
		<company>CBS</company>
		<price>8.10</price>
		<year>1973</year>
	</cd>
	<cd>
		<title>Maggie May</title>
		<artist>Rod Stewart</artist>
		<country>UK</country>
		<company>Pickwick</company>
		<price>8.50</price>
		<year>1990</year>
	</cd>
	<cd>
		<title>Romanza</title>
		<artist>Andrea Bocelli</artist>
		<country>EU</country>
		<company>Polydor</company>
		<price>10.80</price>
		<year>1996</year>
	</cd>
	<cd>
		<title>When a man loves a woman</title>
		<artist>Percy Sledge</artist>
		<country>USA</country>
		<company>Atlantic</company>
		<price>8.70</price>
		<year>1987</year>
	</cd>
	<cd>
		<title>Black angel</title>
		<artist>Savage Rose</artist>
		<country>EU</country>
		<company>Mega</company>
		<price>10.90</price>
		<year>1995</year>
	</cd>
	<cd>
		<title>1999 Grammy Nominees</title>
		<artist>Many</artist>
		<country>USA</country>
		<company>Grammy</company>
		<price>10.20</price>
		<year>1999</year>
	</cd>
	<cd>
		<title>For the good times</title>
		<artist>Kenny Rogers</artist>
		<country>UK</country>
		<company>Mucik Master</company>
		<price>8.70</price>
		<year>1995</year>
	</cd>
	<cd>
		<title>Big Willie style</title>
		<artist>Will Smith</artist>
		<country>USA</country>
		<company>Columbia</company>
		<price>9.90</price>
		<year>1997</year>
	</cd>
	<cd>
		<title>Tupelo Honey</title>
		<artist>Van Morrison</artist>
		<country>UK</country>
		<company>Polydor</company>
		<price>8.20</price>
		<year>1971</year>
	</cd>
	<cd>
		<title>Soulsville</title>
		<artist>Jorn Hoel</artist>
		<country>Norway</country>
		<company>WEA</company>
		<price>7.90</price>
		<year>1996</year>
	</cd>
	<cd>
		<title>The very best of</title>
		<artist>Cat Stevens</artist>
		<country>UK</country>
		<company>Island</company>
		<price>8.90</price>
		<year>1990</year>
	</cd>
	<cd>
		<title>Stop</title>
		<artist>Sam Brown</artist>
		<country>UK</country>
		<company>A and M</company>
		<price>8.90</price>
		<year>1988</year>
	</cd>
	<cd>
		<title>Bridge of Spies</title>
		<artist>T`Pau</artist>
		<country>UK</country>
		<company>Siren</company>
		<price>7.90</price>
		<year>1987</year>
	</cd>
	<cd>
		<title>Private Dancer</title>
		<artist>Tina Turner</artist>
		<country>UK</country>
		<company>Capitol</company>
		<price>8.90</price>
		<year>1983</year>
	</cd>
	<cd>
		<title>Midt om natten</title>
		<artist>Kim Larsen</artist>
		<country>EU</country>
		<company>Medley</company>
		<price>7.80</price>
		<year>1983</year>
	</cd>
	<cd>
		<title>Pavarotti Gala Concert</title>
		<artist>Luciano Pavarotti</artist>
		<country>UK</country>
		<company>DECCA</company>
		<price>9.90</price>
		<year>1991</year>
	</cd>
	<cd>
		<title>The dock of the bay</title>
		<artist>Otis Redding</artist>
		<country>USA</country>
		<company>Atlantic</company>
		<price>7.90</price>
		<year>1987</year>
	</cd>
	<cd>
		<title>Picture book</title>
		<artist>Simply Red</artist>
		<country>EU</country>
		<company>Elektra</company>
		<price>7.20</price>
		<year>1985</year>
	</cd>
	<cd>
		<title>Red</title>
		<artist>The Communards</artist>
		<country>UK</country>
		<company>London</company>
		<price>7.80</price>
		<year>1987</year>
	</cd>
	<cd>
		<title>Unchain my heart</title>
		<artist>Joe Cocker</artist>
		<country>USA</country>
		<company>EMI</company>
		<price>8.20</price>
		<year>1987</year>
	</cd>
</catalog>

transform.xslt

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

<xsl:template match="/">
  <html>
  <body>
    <h2>My CD Collection</h2>
    <table border="1">
      <tr bgcolor="#9acd32">
        <th>Title</th>
        <th>Artist</th>
      </tr>
      <xsl:for-each select="catalog/cd">
        <tr>
          <td><xsl:value-of select="title"/></td>
          <td><xsl:value-of select="artist"/></td>
        </tr>
      </xsl:for-each>
    </table>
  </body>
  </html>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

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