XSLT. Collection of Recipes

XSLT (Extensible StyleSheet Language Transformation) has become the main tool for processing XML documents, but many developers still have not mastered it to fully and therefore believe that it is easier to modify the existing code than to write a new from scratch. In version 2.0, many problems are solved, but a number of new features appeared, which still need to be studied. In addition, it is not sufficiently supported.
In the second edition of this book, hundreds of challenges are given with which programmers are regularly faced. Options are given for both versions of XSLT. The recipe range is extremely wide: from operations with strings and mathematical computing to such difficult how the XSLT extension, testing and debugging of styles and creating graphics in SVG format. In each recipe, the choice of solutions is justified and the applied technique is explained. For many tasks, alternative solutions are given with comments about the convenience of use and performance.
Offering recipes designed for different levels of qualifications, this book will become the perfect programmer"s companion who likes to learn from examples. It doesn"t matter if you try on XSLT for the first time or already familiar with this language and want to have a selection of ready-made recipes for solving complex tasks, you will find a variety of XSLT methods