XSL Plug-in

This is a plug-in that transform a xml stream by using XSL code from the rpl file. The output is a stream. In order to use it a number properties has to be set in the rpl file.

Contents

• Layout properties
• Plug-in properties
• Plug-in data
• Plug-in variables
• Example

Report Plug-in Layout

Layout properties

The required layout properties for the xsl plug-in:

Plug-in properties

This plug-in does not use any properties.

Plug-in data

The XSL code is written inside the <data> tag of the rpl. The expected format is:

<data>
    <![CDATA[Write your xsl code here!]]>
</data>

Plug-in variables

This plug-in does not use the variable tag of the report plug-in layout.

Example

An example of a rpl file with xsl code that transforms a xml file into a csv file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<report-layout>
    <properties>
        <version>0.1</version>
        <layout-type>XSL</layout-type> <!--SCRIPT,XSL,XML,EXCEL-->
        <plugin-class>ifs.application.reportingservices.impl.extendedformatter.xslplugin.XSLPlugin</plugin-class>
        <output-method>FILE</output-method> <!-- BINARY,FILE,E-MAIL-->
        <output-extension>xml</output-extension>
        <default-output-reference>
           <binary>\\user\ZebraGX4</binary>
           <file>\\user\TEMPOUT</file>
           <e-mail>firstname.lastname@something.com</e-mail>
	   <e-mail-sender>firstname.lastname@something.com</e-mail-sender>
	   <e-mail-cc></e-mail-cc>
	   <e-mail-subject>Email Subject</e-mail-subject>
	   <e-mail-body>
		<![CDATA[
			Email Body Content from the RPL
		]]> 
	   </e-mail-body>
        </default-output-reference>
        <full-xml>TRUE</full-xml>
	<flattened-xml>
		<enabled>TRUE</enabled>
		<strongtyping>TRUE</strongtyping>
    	</flattened-xml>
        <report-id>MODULE_REP</report-id>
        <report-title>RPL LAYOUT</report-title>
    </properties>
    <plugin>
        <properties>
            <!-- not used by this plugin -->
        </properties>
        <data> 
            <![CDATA[
                <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
                    <xsl:output method="text" encoding="UTF-8"/>
                    <xsl:param name="delim" select="string(';')" />
                    <xsl:param name="quote" select="string('&quot;')" />
                    <xsl:param name="break" select="string('&#xD;')" />
                    <xsl:template match="/">
                        <xsl:apply-templates select="*/Row" />
                    </xsl:template>
                    <xsl:template match="Row">
                        <xsl:apply-templates />
                        <xsl:if test="following-sibling::*">
                            <xsl:value-of select="$break" />
                        </xsl:if>
                    </xsl:template>
                    <xsl:template match="*">
                        <xsl:value-of select="concat($quote, normalize-space(.), $quote)" />
                        <xsl:if test="following-sibling::*">
                            <xsl:value-of select="$delim" />
                        </xsl:if>
                    </xsl:template>
                    <xsl:template match="text()" />
                </xsl:stylesheet>
            ]]>
        </data>
        <variables>
            <!-- not used by this plugin -->
        </variables>
    </plugin>
</report-layout>