Java(TM) Boutique - Using FOP with Java

Tutorials : Using FOP with Java - Part 2 :

Next we will present the sample XML andXSL files in order to the FOP processing. Listing 2 presents the sample.xml file and Listing 3 presents the sample XSL FO file for the processing.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Catalogue>
<Book>
  <Title>Mastering EJB</Title>
  <Author>Ed Roman</Author>
  <Price>$45.00</Price>
</Book>
<Book>
  <Title>Design Patterns</Title>
  <Author>Erich Gamma</Author>
  <Price>$50.00</Price>
</Book>
<Book>
  <Title>Effective Java</Title>
  <Author>Josch Bloch</Author>
  <Price>$30.00</Price>
</Book>
 
</Catalogue>

Listing 2 , a sample XML file

Below is the sample XSL file to use for the XSL -FO formatting.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.1" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" 
xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format" xmlns:java="java" exclude-result-prefixes="fo">    
        <xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" omit-xml-declaration="no" indent="yes"/>
        <!-- ========================= -->
        <!-- root element: Catalogue-->
        <!-- ========================= -->
        <xsl:template match="Catalog">
                <fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
                        <fo:layout-master-set>
<!-- (1. Define the page margins) -->
                                <fo:simple-page-master master-name="simpleA4" page-height="29.7cm" page-width="21cm" 
margin-top="2cm" margin-bottom="2cm" margin-left="2cm" margin-right="2cm">
                                        <fo:region-body/>
                                </fo:simple-page-master>
                        </fo:layout-master-set>
<!-- (2. For the page layout refer to the master layout)-->
                        <fo:page-sequence master-reference="simpleA4">
                                <fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
                                        <fo:block font-size="16pt" font-weight="bold" space-after="5mm">Catalog Information
                                        </fo:block>
 
<!-(3. Defining the block with table definition to display data-->

                                        <fo:block font-size="10pt">
                                                <fo:table table-layout="fixed">
                                                        <fo:table-column column-width="8cm"/>
                                                        <fo:table-column column-width="8cm"/>
                                                        <fo:table-column column-width="8cm"/>
                                                        <fo:table-body>
                                                                <xsl:apply-templates/>
                                                        </fo:table-body>
                                                </fo:table>
                                        </fo:block>
                                </fo:flow>
                        </fo:page-sequence>
                </fo:root>
        </xsl:template>
 
        <!-- ========================= -->
        <!-Book Information    -->
        <!-- ========================= -->
        
        <xsl:template match="Book">
         <fo:table-row>
                <fo:table-cell>
                        <fo:block>
                          <xsl:value-of select="Title"/>
                        </fo:block>
                </fo:table-cell>
                <fo:table-cell>
                        <fo:block>
                           <xsl:value-of select="Author"/>
                        </fo:block>
                </fo:table-cell>
            <fo:table-cell>
                        <fo:block>
                           <xsl:value-of select="Price"/>
                        </fo:block>
                </fo:table-cell>
 
 
        </fo:table-row>
        </xsl:template> 
        
</xsl:stylesheet>
Listing 3: sample XSL file to format the XML data

Executing this program will print the document to the default printer installed in your computer.

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