XSLT Training

XSLT 2.0: What's new?

A one-day overview of the new features in XPath 2.0 and XSLT 2.0.

Topics Covered:

1. XPath 2.0
   • The 2.0 Data Model
   • Path expressions: New and improved
   • Language constructs: overview of the new XPath operators
   • Conditional (if-then-else) and "for" expressions
2. Improvements to Templates and Stylesheet Processing
   • Temporary trees
   • Multiple modes
   • Next best match
   • Tunnel parameters
3. Functions
   • Built-in XPath 2.0 functions: an overview
   • User-defined functions
4. Inputs and Outputs
   • Opening documents: the document, doc and collection functions
   • Parsing non-XML input documents
   • Creating multiple result documents
5. String Manipulation
   • Regular expressions in XSLT 2.0
   • The string-related functions in XPath 2.0
   • Parsing strings with xsl:analyze-string
6. Grouping
   • XSLT 1.0 grouping issues
   • Grouping by value in XSLT 2.0
   • Grouping by position in XSLT 2.0
7. Namespaces, Types and Schemas
   • Using namespaces in XSLT 2.0
   • The XSLT 2.0 type system in more detail
   • Declaring types for variables and parameters
   • Using schemas with XSLT 2.0
8. Considerations for Upgrading Stylesheets
   • Backward compatibility concerns
   • Removing extension functions
   • Ten easy simplifications
   • Performance considerations