A list of XPath wildcards which are used with the XPath expressions.
| Index | Wildcard | Expression |
|---|---|---|
| 1) | * | It is used to match any node. |
| 2) | . | It is used to match the current node in context. |
| 3) | @* | It is used to match any attribute. |
| 4) | node() | It is used to match node of any type. |
Let's take an example to create a table of <employee> element with their detail, by iterating over each employee.
Employee.xml
<?xml version = "1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type = "text/xsl" href = "employee.xsl"?>
<class>
<employee id = "001">
<firstname>Abhiram</firstname>
<lastname>Kushwaha</lastname>
<nickname>Manoj</nickname>
<salary>15000</salary>
</employee>
<employee id = "002">
<firstname>Akash</firstname>
<lastname>Singh</lastname>
<nickname>Bunty</nickname>
<salary>25000</salary>
</employee>
<employee id = "003">
<firstname>Brijesh</firstname>
<lastname>Kaushik</lastname>
<nickname>Ballu</nickname>
<salary>20000</salary>
</employee>
<employee id = "004">
<firstname>Zoya</firstname>
<lastname>Mansoori</lastname>
<nickname>Sonam</nickname>
<salary>30000</salary>
</employee>
</class>Employee.xsl
<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version = "1.0">
xmlns:xsl = "http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match = "/">
<html>
<body>
<h2>Employee </h2>
<xsl:apply-templates select = "class/*" />
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match = "class/*">
<xsl:apply-templates select = "@id" />
<xsl:apply-templates select = "firstname" />
<xsl:apply-templates select = "lastname" />
<xsl:apply-templates select = "nickname" />
<xsl:apply-templates select = "salary" />
<br />
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match = "@id">
<span style = "font-size = 22px;">
<xsl:value-of select = "." />
</span>
<br />
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match = "firstname">
First Name: <span style = "color:blue;">
<xsl:value-of select = "." />
</span>
<br />
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match = "lastname">
Last Name: <span style = "color:green;">
<xsl:value-of select = "." />
</span>
<br />
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match = "nickname">
Nick Name: <span style = "color:red;">
<xsl:value-of select = "." />
</span>
<br />
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match = "salary">
Salary: <span style = "color:brown;">
<xsl:value-of select = "." />
</span>
<br />
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>Output:
