XML/XSL Transformation: Using Complex Nodes
Parent page: Generating Test Reports
Today I present example on dynamically building HTML nodes, with XSL, and from XML data.
Here’s our XML record simulating log data of a test session.
XML Source
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href=".\LogView1.xsl"?>
<log>
<step type="GUI Step">
<time>21/04/2011 11:45:31 AM</time>
<description>Pasted data [User1234] in edit box [Username] </description>
</step>
<step type="GUI Step">
<time>21/04/2011 11:46:03 AM</time>
<description>Pasted data [Password1234] in edit box [Password]</description>
</step>
<step type="GUI Step">
<time>21/04/2011 11:46:11 AM</time>
<description>Clicked on button [Login]</description>
</step>
<step type="Screenshot">
<time>21/04/2011 11:46:33 AM</time>
<filename>20111145_012852.jpg</filename>
<description>Weird error dialog</description>
</step>
</log>
Did you notice the following line?
<?xml-stylesheet type=”text/xsl” href=”.\LogView1.xsl”?>
This is how we instruct the web browser to use XSL script for visualization of XML data.
Web-page Report
And here’s the source code of the script
XSL Source
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<!-- variables -->
<xsl:variable name="CHAR_SPC"> </xsl:variable>
<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<head>
<title>automation-beyond.com | TestLog XML/XSL Transformation Example by Albert Gareev</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#c0c0c0">
<H1 align="center">Test Log</H1>
<H4 align="center">XML/XSL Transformation Example by <A HREF="http://automation-beyond.com/about/">Albert Gareev</A></H4>
<BR />
<P />
<h3 align="center">Test Steps</h3>
<BR />
<TABLE id="automation-beyond-2010" BORDER="1" width="650" align="center">
<TR>
<TH width="150">Step Name</TH>
<TH width="500">Step Description</TH>
</TR>
<xsl:for-each select="log/step">
<TR>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test = " @type = 'Screenshot' ">
<TD>
<xsl:attribute name="title"><xsl:value-of select = "time" /></xsl:attribute>
<xsl:value-of select = "@type" />
</TD>
<TD>
<xsl:attribute name="title">Click on the link to view the image attached</xsl:attribute>
<A TARGET="_blank">
<xsl:attribute name="href">
<xsl:value-of select="filename" />
</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:value-of select = "description" />
</A>
</TD>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<TD>
<xsl:attribute name="title"><xsl:value-of select = "time" /></xsl:attribute>
<xsl:value-of select = "@type" /><xsl:value-of select = "$CHAR_SPC" />
</TD>
<TD><xsl:value-of select = "description" /><xsl:value-of select = "$CHAR_SPC" /></TD>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</TR>
</xsl:for-each>
</TABLE>
<BR />
<div align="center">
<A HREF="http://automation-beyond.com/chapters/tutorials/test-reports/">Home</A>
</div>
<BR />
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
How To
- Select type of XML node with xsl:choose
- Insert node values into table cells
- Add addtributes to HTML nodes with xsl:attribute
And here is the package containing the original XML and XSL files.
