XSLTProcessor: transformToDocument() method
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The transformToDocument() method of the XSLTProcessor interface transforms the provided Node source to a Document using the XSLT stylesheet associated with XSLTProcessor.
Syntax
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transformToDocument(source) Parameters
Return value
A Document. The actual interface depends on the output method of the stylesheet, as specified by <xsl:output> element's method.
| Output method | Result interface |
|---|---|
html | HTMLDocument |
xml | XMLDocument |
text | XMLDocument with a single root element <transformiix:result> with the text as a child |
Examples
Using transformToDocument()
This example demonstrates how to use transformToDocument() to transform an XML document using XSLT, resulting in a new XML document structure.
HTML
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<pre id="result"></pre> JavaScript
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const xmlString = ` <books> <book> <title>Book 1</title> <author>Author 1</author> </book> <book> <title>Book 2</title> <author>Author 2</author> </book> </books> `; const xsltString = ` <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/> <xsl:template match="/"> <catalog> <xsl:for-each select="books/book"> <item> <name><xsl:value-of select="title"/></name> <writer><xsl:value-of select="author"/></writer> </item> </xsl:for-each> </catalog> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> `; const parser = new DOMParser(); const xmlDoc = parser.parseFromString(xmlString, "application/xml"); const xsltDoc = parser.parseFromString(xsltString, "application/xml"); const xsltProcessor = new XSLTProcessor(); xsltProcessor.importStylesheet(xsltDoc); // Perform the transformation, returning the result as a new XML document const resultDoc = xsltProcessor.transformToDocument(xmlDoc); // Serialize the result document to a string const serializer = new XMLSerializer(); const resultString = serializer.serializeToString(resultDoc); // Display the transformed XML in the page document.getElementById("result").textContent = resultString; Result
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| DOM # dom-xsltprocessor-transformtodocument |