Make choices at runtime with XSLT parameters

Make choices at runtime with XSLT parameters Use parameters and conditionals in your style sheets

Level: Introductory Nicholas Chase (nicholas@nicholaschase.com), President, Chase and Chase, Inc. 01 Aug 2002 Extensible Stylesheet Langauage Transformations provide the ability to perform sophisticated manipulation of data as it is transformed from one form to another. You can increase their capabilites even further through the use of parameters that can be specified at runtime. This tip takes a basic look at using parameters and conditional statements in an XSLT style sheet. Note:This tip uses the Xalan XSL Transformation engine, but any XSLT processor will do. It assumes that you are familiar with XSL transformations. Use this link for get more information (http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-tipxsltrun/index.html)