XSLT transformation to create dynamic PDF – Explanation and Use case
This blog talks about on our project for one of the clients to create dynamic PDF using web service (XLST Transformation). Below are the sections in this blog: Overview: What is XSLT transformation A sample workflow Practical Use cases Sample PDF Generated Code Snippet Overview: XSLT is a language for transforming XML documents into other XML documents or other different formats such as HTML web pages, plain text files or XSL-FO (formatting objects) which subsequently can be converted into other so-called standard formats such as PDF, PNG etc. The Xtensible Stylesheet Language is based on XML and consists of two parts: XSL Transformation (XSLT): XML to XML, XML to HTML and XML to text XSL-FO: describes print documents XSLT can be used to convert XML to HTML and XSL-FO doesn’t…