XPath-Absolute Path is the exact path specifying to reach the XML node. The absolute path starts with the root node or with the '/' symbol. For the absolute path, we have to specify every parent node of the node we want to reach.
Syntax:
<xsl:TagName select = "/rootNode/node1/...">
Parameters:
- rootNode: It is the root node of the XML tree.
- node1: It is the child node of the root node. and this path goes on till we reach our desired node.
Example 1: In this example, we will use the absolute path to select the different nodes of students. Save the file as mentioned and view xsl file in we browser.
<!-- File name- Text.xml -->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl "href="Rule.xsl" ?>
<student>
<s studentId="1001">
<name>Divyank Singh Sikarwar </name>
<branch>CSE</branch>
<age>18</age>
</s>
<s studentId="1005">
<name>Aniket Chauhan </name>
<branch>CSE</branch>
<age>20</age>
</s>
<s studentId="1010">
<name>Simran Agarwal</name>
<branch>CSE</branch>
<age>23</age>
</s>
<s studentId="1015">
<name>Abhay Chauhan</name>
<branch>CSE</branch>
<age>17</age>
</s>
<s studentId="1012">
<name>Himanshu Bhatia</name>
<branch>IT</branch>
<age>25</age>
</s>
</student>
<!-- File name - Rule.xsl -->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="https://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<body>
<h1 align="center">Students' Basic Details</h1>
<table border="3" align="center" >
<tr>
<th>Stud.Id</th>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Branch</th>
<th>Age</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="/student/s[1]/@studentId"/>
</td>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="/student/s[1]/name"/>
</td>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="/student/s[1]/branch"/>
</td>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="/student/s[1]/age"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="/student/s[2]/@studentId"/>
</td>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="/student/s[2]/name"/>
</td>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="/student/s[2]/branch"/>
</td>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="/student/s[2]/age"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="/student/s[3]/@studentId"/>
</td>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="/student/s[3]/name"/>
</td>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="/student/s[3]/branch"/>
</td>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="/student/s[3]/age"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:
Example 2: In this example we will select different node of XML tree and use apply template on nodes. Save the file as mentioned and run the xsl file in web browser.
<!-- File name Text.xml -->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl "href="Rule.xsl" ?>
<student>
<s>
<name>Divyank Singh Sikarwar </name>
<branch> CSE</branch>
<age>18</age>
</s>
<s>
<name>Aniket Chauhan </name>
<branch>CSE</branch>
<age>20</age>
</s>
<s>
<name>Simran Agarwal</name>
<branch>CSE</branch>
<age>23</age>
</s>
<s>
<name>Abhay Chauhan</name>
<branch>CSE</branch>
<age>17</age>
</s>
<s>
<name>Himanshu Bhatia</name>
<branch>IT</branch>
<age>25</age>
</s>
</student>
<!-- Rule.xsl -->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="https://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<body>
<h1 align="center">Students' Basic Details</h1>
<table border="3" align="center" >
<tr>
<th>Details</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<xsl:apply-templates select="/student/s[1]/name"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="/student/s[1]/branch"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="/student/s[1]/age"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<xsl:apply-templates select="/student/s[2]/name"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="/student/s[2]/branch"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="/student/s[2]/age"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<xsl:apply-templates select="/student/s[3]/name"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="/student/s[3]/branch"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="/student/s[3]/age"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="name">
Name:
<span style="font-family:cursive;color:#ff0000">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</span>
<br />
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="branch">
Branch:
<span style="font-family:serif;color:#0ff000">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</span>
<br />
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="age">
Age:
<span style="font-family:fantsy;color:#0000ff">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</span>
<br />
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:
