xslt

Transform XML document using XSLT engine

Syntax

result = xslt(source,style,dest)
[result,transformer] = xslt(___)
xslt(___,'-web')
xslt(___,XMLEngine=xmlengine)

Description

result = xslt(source,style,dest) transforms an XML document using a stylesheet and returns the resulting document's URL. The function uses these inputs, the first of which is required:

  • source is the filename or URL of the source XML file, specified as a character vector or string scalar. source can also specify a DOM node.

  • style is the filename or URL of an XSL stylesheet, specified as a character vector or string scalar.

  • dest is the filename of the desired output document, specified as a character vector or string scalar. If dest is absent or empty, the function uses a temporary filename. If dest is '-tostring', the function returns the output document as a character vector.

source and style can be located in the current folder, a folder on the MATLAB® path, a folder outside the MATLAB path specified with a full or relative pathname, an internet URL with protocol type "http://" or "https://", or a remote location. For more information on remote locations, see Work with Remote Data.

[result,transformer] = xslt(___) returns a JAXP transformer object based on the provided XSL stylesheet. The JAXP transformer object can be passed to subsequent xslt calls as style.

xslt(___,'-web') displays the resulting document in the HTML Viewer.

xslt(___,XMLEngine=xmlengine) uses the specified XSLT processing engine to transform an XML document. (since R2025a) You can specify xmlengine as one of these values:

  • "auto" – The default value. If no Java elements are detected, process the XML document using the MATLAB API for XML Processing.

  • "maxp" – Process the XML document using the MATLAB API for XML Processing.

  • "jaxp" – Process the XML document using the JAVA API for XML Processing.

Examples

This example converts the file info.xml using the stylesheet info.xsl, writing the output to the file info.html. It launches the resulting HTML file in the HTML Viewer.

xslt('info.xml', 'info.xsl', 'info.html', '-web')

Tips

MATLAB uses the Saxon XSLT processor, version 6.5.5, which supports XSLT 1.0 expressions. For more information, see About SAXON.

For additional information on writing XSL stylesheets, see the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C®) web site, The Extensible Stylesheet Language Family (XSL).

Version History

Introduced before R2006a

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