Summary (XSLT)

8.4. Summary

In this chapter, we've run the gamut of extension functions and extension elements, demonstrating how to add sophisticated processing power to our stylesheets. All examples have been self-contained; you could combine these functions and elements to do something really sophisticated. For example, you could use the database extension to extract live sales data from a database, and then convert it into an interactive graphic.

At this point, we've covered just about everything in the XSLT and XPath specifications. In the next chapter, we'll go through a real-world example that illustrates the full power and flexibility of using stylesheets to manipulate structured data.