Mega Code Archive
Convert XML to HTML
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/tr/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<!--
Example File From "JavaScript and DHTML Cookbook"
Published by O'Reilly & Associates
Copyright 2003 Danny Goodman
-->
<html>
<head>
<title>Convert XML to HTML</title>
<style rel="stylesheet" id="mainStyle" type="text/css">
html {background-color:#cccccc}
body {background-color:#eeeeee; font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12px;
margin-left:15%; margin-right:15%; border:3px groove darkred; padding:15px}
h1 {text-align:right; font-size:1.5em; font-weight:bold}
h2 {text-align:left; font-size:1.1em; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline}
.buttons {margin-top:10px}
</style>
<style type="text/css">
table {table-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0}
td {border:2px groove black; padding:7px; background-color:#ccffcc}
th {border:2px groove black; padding:7px; background-color:#ffffcc}
.ctr {text-align:center}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
var xDoc;
// verify that browser supports XML features and load external .xml file
function verifySupport(xFile) {
if (document.implementation && document.implementation.createDocument) {
// this is the W3C DOM way, supported so far only in NN6+
xDoc = document.implementation.createDocument("", "theXdoc", null);
} else if (typeof ActiveXObject != "undefined") {
// make sure real object is supported (sorry, IE5/Mac)
if (document.getElementById("msxml").async) {
xDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml.DOMDocument");
}
}
if (xDoc && typeof xDoc.load != "undefined") {
// load external file (from same domain)
xDoc.load(xFile);
return true;
} else {
var reply = confirm("This example requires a browser with XML support, " +
"such as IE5+/Windows or Netscape 6+.\n \nGo back to previous page?");
if (reply) {
history.back();
}
}
return false;
}
// Draw table from xDoc document tree data
function drawTable(tbody) {
var tr, td, i, j, oneRecord;
tbody = document.getElementById(tbody);
// node tree
var data = xDoc.getElementsByTagName("worldcup")[0];
// for td class attributes
var classes = ["ctr","","","","ctr"];
for (i = 0; i < data.childNodes.length; i++) {
// use only 1st level element nodes to skip 1st level text nodes in NN
if (data.childNodes[i].nodeType == 1) {
// one final match record
oneRecord = data.childNodes[i];
tr = tbody.insertRow(tbody.rows.length);
td = tr.insertCell(tr.cells.length);
td.setAttribute("class",classes[tr.cells.length-1]);
td.innerHTML =
oneRecord.getElementsByTagName("year")[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
td = tr.insertCell(tr.cells.length);
td.setAttribute("class",classes[tr.cells.length-1]);
td.innerHTML =
oneRecord.getElementsByTagName("location")[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
td = tr.insertCell(tr.cells.length);
td.setAttribute("class",classes[tr.cells.length-1]);
td.innerHTML =
oneRecord.getElementsByTagName("winner")[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
td = tr.insertCell(tr.cells.length);
td.setAttribute("class",classes[tr.cells.length-1]);
td.innerHTML =
oneRecord.getElementsByTagName("loser")[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
td = tr.insertCell(tr.cells.length);
td.setAttribute("class",classes[tr.cells.length-1]);
td.innerHTML =
oneRecord.getElementsByTagName("winscore")[0].firstChild.nodeValue +
" - " +
oneRecord.getElementsByTagName("losscore")[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
}
}
}
function init(xFile) {
// confirm browser supports needed features and load .xml file
if (verifySupport(xFile)) {
// let file loading catch up to execution thread
setTimeout("drawTable('matchData')", 1000);
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="init('worldCupFinals.xml')">
<h1>Transforming XML into HTML Tables</h1>
<hr />
<table id="cupFinals">
<thead>
<tr><th>Year</th>
<th>Host Country</th>
<th>Winner</th>
<th>Loser</th>
<th>Score (Win - Lose)</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody id="matchData"></tbody>
</table>
<!-- Try to load Msxml.DOMDocument ActiveX to assist support verification -->
<object id="msxml" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="1"
classid="CLSID:2933BF90-7B36-11d2-B20E-00C04F983E60" ></object>
</body>
</html>
<!-- File:worldCupFinals.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<worldcup>
<final>
<location>Uruguay</location>
<year>1930</year>
<winner>Uruguay</winner>
<winscore>4</winscore>
<loser>Argentina</loser>
<losscore>2</losscore>
</final>
<final>
<location>Italy</location>
<year>1934</year>
<winner>Italy</winner>
<winscore>2</winscore>
<loser>Czechoslovakia</loser>
<losscore>1</losscore>
</final>
<final>
<location>France</location>
<year>1938</year>
<winner>Italy</winner>
<winscore>4</winscore>
<loser>Hungary</loser>
<losscore>2</losscore>
</final>
<final>
<location>Brazil</location>
<year>1950</year>
<winner>Uruguay</winner>
<winscore>2</winscore>
<loser>Brazil</loser>
<losscore>1</losscore>
</final>
<final>
<location>Switzerland</location>
<year>1954</year>
<winner>West Germany</winner>
<winscore>3</winscore>
<loser>Hungary</loser>
<losscore>2</losscore>
</final>
<final>
<location>Sweden</location>
<year>1958</year>
<winner>Brazil</winner>
<winscore>5</winscore>
<loser>Sweden</loser>
<losscore>2</losscore>
</final>
<final>
<location>Chile</location>
<year>1962</year>
<winner>Brazil</winner>
<winscore>3</winscore>
<loser>Czechoslovakia</loser>
<losscore>1</losscore>
</final>
<final>
<location>England</location>
<year>1966</year>
<winner>England</winner>
<winscore>4</winscore>
<loser>West Germany</loser>
<losscore>2</losscore>
</final>
<final>
<location>Mexico</location>
<year>1970</year>
<winner>Brazil</winner>
<winscore>4</winscore>
<loser>Italy</loser>
<losscore>1</losscore>
</final>
</worldcup>
-->
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