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xsl-fo table creation from xml
I have the following xml format for tables we want to build that works fine for the way is loop over the structure. However I cannot figure out out to do it for xsl-fo transforming to PDF.
<table>
<thead>
<tcell>data</tcell>
<tcell>data</tcell>
<tcell>data</tcell>
</thead>
<trow><tcell>data</tcell><tcell>data</tcell><tcell>data</tcell></trow>
<trow><tcell>data</tcell><tcell>data</tcell><tcell>data</tcell></trow>
<trow><tcell>data</tcell><tcell>data</tcell><tcell>data</tcell></trow>
<trow><tcell>data</tcell><tcell>data</tcell><tcell>data</tcell></trow>
</table>
Solution
You don't have much of a question (just some vague requirements), but this should at least get you started.
XML Input
<table>
<thead>
<tcell>data</tcell>
<tcell>data</tcell>
<tcell>data</tcell>
</thead>
<trow><tcell>data</tcell><tcell>data</tcell><tcell>data</tcell></trow>
<trow><tcell>data</tcell><tcell>data</tcell><tcell>data</tcell></trow>
<trow><tcell>data</tcell><tcell>data</tcell><tcell>data</tcell></trow>
<trow><tcell>data</tcell><tcell>data</tcell><tcell>data</tcell></trow>
</table>
XSLT 1.0
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
<xsl:output indent="yes"/>
<xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<fo:root>
<fo:layout-master-set>
<fo:simple-page-master master-name="my-page" page-width="8.5in" page-height="11in">
<fo:region-body margin="1in" margin-top="1.5in" margin-bottom="1.5in"/>
</fo:simple-page-master>
</fo:layout-master-set>
<fo:page-sequence master-reference="my-page">
<fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</fo:flow>
</fo:page-sequence>
</fo:root>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="table">
<fo:table>
<xsl:apply-templates select="thead"/>
<fo:table-body>
<xsl:apply-templates select="trow"/>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:attribute-set name="trow">
<xsl:attribute name="border">solid</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="padding-left">1em</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="padding-right">1em</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:attribute-set>
<xsl:template match="thead">
<fo:table-header>
<fo:table-row background-color="#FFDEAD" text-align="center">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-header>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="tcell">
<fo:table-cell xsl:use-attribute-sets="trow">
<fo:block><xsl:value-of select="."/></fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="trow">
<fo:table-row>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</fo:table-row>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
XSL-FO Output (XSLT processor used: Saxon-HE)
<fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
<fo:layout-master-set>
<fo:simple-page-master master-name="my-page" page-width="8.5in" page-height="11in">
<fo:region-body margin="1in" margin-top="1.5in" margin-bottom="1.5in"/>
</fo:simple-page-master>
</fo:layout-master-set>
<fo:page-sequence master-reference="my-page">
<fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
<fo:table>
<fo:table-header>
<fo:table-row background-color="#FFDEAD" text-align="center">
<fo:table-cell border="solid" padding-left="1em" padding-right="1em">
<fo:block>data</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border="solid" padding-left="1em" padding-right="1em">
<fo:block>data</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border="solid" padding-left="1em" padding-right="1em">
<fo:block>data</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-header>
<fo:table-body>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell border="solid" padding-left="1em" padding-right="1em">
<fo:block>data</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border="solid" padding-left="1em" padding-right="1em">
<fo:block>data</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border="solid" padding-left="1em" padding-right="1em">
<fo:block>data</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell border="solid" padding-left="1em" padding-right="1em">
<fo:block>data</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border="solid" padding-left="1em" padding-right="1em">
<fo:block>data</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border="solid" padding-left="1em" padding-right="1em">
<fo:block>data</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell border="solid" padding-left="1em" padding-right="1em">
<fo:block>data</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border="solid" padding-left="1em" padding-right="1em">
<fo:block>data</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border="solid" padding-left="1em" padding-right="1em">
<fo:block>data</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell border="solid" padding-left="1em" padding-right="1em">
<fo:block>data</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border="solid" padding-left="1em" padding-right="1em">
<fo:block>data</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell border="solid" padding-left="1em" padding-right="1em">
<fo:block>data</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
</fo:flow>
</fo:page-sequence>
</fo:root>
Rendered PDF (XSL-FO processor used: Apache FOP)
