1. Developing SOA Applications with Oracle SOA Suite
  2. Sharing Functionality Across Service Components
  3. Creating Transformations with the XSLT Map Editor
  4. Editing an XSLT Map in XSLT View
  5. How to Insert an xsl:valueof Statement

How to Insert an xsl:valueof Statement

When you map a source element to an XSLT element, as described in the preceding section, an implicit xsl:valueof statement is created in the XSLT.

In XSLT View, you can explicitly create multiple xsl:valueof elements for an XSLT element. The resultant value of the XSLT element is the concatenation of the individual xsl:valueof values.

To create an xsl:valueof element for an XSLT element:

  1. Right-click the literal element in the XSLT pane. The context menu appears.
  2. Select Append Child > XSL > value-of from the context menu. The Set Attributes dialog box appears.
  3. Optionally select 'disable output escaping' Attribute. Click OK.

    The xsl:value-of element is inserted.

  4. Map the xsl:value-of element to a source element just as you map a literal element. This is described in the preceding section.

If an xsl:value-of element is added to a literal element that has no mapping, the xsl:value-of statement appears under the literal element until it is mapped. After you map the xsl:value-of element, the editor hides the xsl:value-of statement under the literal element and shows only the line indicating the mapping.

If you add multiple xsl:value-of statements to the literal element, then all xsl:value-of statements are explicitly shown under the literal element, and mapping lines can be separately drawn to each xsl:value-of element.