XSLTProcessor: transformToDocument() method

The transformToDocument() method of the XSLTProcessor interface transforms the provided Node source to a Document using the XSLT stylesheet associated with XSLTProcessor.

Syntax

transformToDocument(source)

Parameters

• source
  • : The Node source to apply the XSLT stylesheet to.

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

<pre id="result"></pre>

JavaScript

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

Browser compatibility

See also

• transformToFragment()