xml to html

[Reza Ghaffaripour <re...@gmail.com>]

hi list,
I started xsl a couple of hours ago on a new project and my question may
seem stupid.
in java, can we convert xml to html using xslt and give it some format, such
as making some parts bold ?

--
Reza Ghaffaripour
www.rezaghp.com

Re: xml to html

[Jay Bryant <ja...@bryantcs.com>]

Hi, Reza,

Your question is off-topic for this list, but yes, you can.

For answers to questions involving how to do it, you should subscribe to the Mulberry XSLT list.

You'll need to use a Java-based XSLT processor that exposes an API that you can call from a Java application (or servlet or whatever). Saxon and Xalan-J are both possibilities.

Jay Bryant
Bryant Communication Services
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Reza Ghaffaripour 
  To: fop-users@xmlgraphics.apache.org 
  Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 9:36 AM
  Subject: xml to html


  hi list,
  I started xsl a couple of hours ago on a new project and my question may seem stupid.
  in java, can we convert xml to html using xslt and give it some format, such as making some parts bold ?

  -- 
  Reza Ghaffaripour
  www.rezaghp.com 

Re: xml to html

[Glen Mazza <gm...@apache.org>]

Reza Ghaffaripour wrote:

> hi list,
> I started xsl a couple of hours ago on a new project and my question may 
> seem stupid.
> in java, can we convert xml to html using xslt and give it some format, 
> such as making some parts bold ?
> 

But of course.  It's called XSLT and you don't need FOP for it.  The 
Apache Xalan project provides the XSLT processor for you, and you may 
ask XSLT questions on the Mulberry XSLT list (Google).  (This list is 
for XSL formatting objects-related questions, which you won't be using 
if your output is HTML.)

Very generally speaking, FOP is for PDF and Xalan is for HTML.

Glen


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Re: xml to html

[Clay Leeds <we...@mac.com>]

On Jan 23, 2006, at 7:36 AM, Reza Ghaffaripour wrote:
> hi list,
> I started xsl a couple of hours ago on a new project and my  
> question may seem stupid.
> in java, can we convert xml to html using xslt and give it some  
> format, such as making some parts bold ?

This is more of an XSL than an FOP-related question, but thie XML to  
HTML article is a good spot to start[1].

They have an example where this article/title element:

<article fname="19990101_xsl">
<title>XML Style Sheets</title>
...
</article>

is converted w a <p><b>... using:

<xsl:template match="article/title">
<P><B><xsl:apply-templates/></B></P>
</xsl:template>

I hope this helps!

Web Maestro Clay

p.s.

[1] XML to HTML article
http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/articles/xml_to_html.htm
[2] XSL FAQ
http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/sect21.html
[3] XSL FAQ - HTML
http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/N4554.html

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