The XSLT <xsl:choose> element is used to specify a multiple conditional test against the content of nodes with the <xsl:otherwise> and <xsl:when> elements.
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="expression">
... some output ...
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
... some output ....
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>test: It specifies a condition in xml data to test.
Let's take an example to create a table of
Employee.xml
<?xml version = "1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type = "text/xsl" href = "employee.xsl"?>
<class>
<employee id = "001">
<firstname>Aryan</firstname>
<lastname>Gupta</lastname>
<nickname>Raju</nickname>
<salary>30000</salary>
</employee>
<employee id = "024">
<firstname>Sara</firstname>
<lastname>Khan</lastname>
<nickname>Zoya</nickname>
<salary>25000</salary>
</employee>
<employee id = "056">
<firstname>Peter</firstname>
<lastname>Symon</lastname>
<nickname>John</nickname>
<salary>10000</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>
<table border = "1">
<tr bgcolor = "pink">
<th>ID</th>
<th>First Name</th>
<th>Last Name</th>
<th>Nick Name</th>
<th>Salary</th>
<th>Grade</th>
</tr>
<xsl:for-each select = "class/employee">
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select = "@id"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select = "firstname"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select = "lastname"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select = "nickname"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select = "salary"/></td>
<td>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test = "salary > 50000">
High
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test = "salary > 40000">
Medium
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
Low
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</td>
</tr>
</xsl:for-each>
</table>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>Output:
