XPath - Caminho Absoluto
O caminho do local especifica a localização do nó no documento XML. Este caminho pode ser absoluto ou relativo. Se o caminho do local começar com o nó raiz ou com '/', então é um caminho absoluto. A seguir estão alguns exemplos de localização dos elementos usando o caminho absoluto.
/class/student - selecionar nós de alunos dentro do nó raiz da classe.
<xsl:for-each select = "/class/student">
/class/student/firstname - selecione o primeiro nome de um nó de aluno dentro do nó raiz da classe.
<p><xsl:value-of select = "/class/student/firstname"/></p>
Exemplo
Neste exemplo, criamos um documento XML de amostra students.xml e seu documento de folha de estilo students.xsl que usa as expressões XPath.
A seguir está o XML de amostra usado.
students.xml
<?xml version = "1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type = "text/xsl" href = "students.xsl"?>
<class>
<student rollno = "393">
<firstname>Dinkar</firstname>
<lastname>Kad</lastname>
<nickname>Dinkar</nickname>
<marks>85</marks>
</student>
<student rollno = "493">
<firstname>Vaneet</firstname>
<lastname>Gupta</lastname>
<nickname>Vinni</nickname>
<marks>95</marks>
</student>
<student rollno = "593">
<firstname>Jasvir</firstname>
<lastname>Singh</lastname>
<nickname>Jazz</nickname>
<marks>90</marks>
</student>
</class>
students.xsl
<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version = "1.0"
xmlns:xsl = "http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match = "/" >
<html>
<body>
<h3>Details of each Students. </h3>
<table border = "1">
<tr bgcolor = "#9acd32">
<th>Roll No</th>
<th>First Name</th>
<th>Last Name</th>
<th>Nick Name</th>
<th>Marks</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select = "/class/student[1]/@rollno"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select = "/class/student[1]/firstname"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select = "/class/student[1]/lastname"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select = "/class/student[1]/nickname"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select = "/class/student[1]/marks"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select = "/class/student/@rollno"/>
</td>
<td><xsl:value-of select = "/class/student[2]/firstname"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select = "/class/student[2]/lastname"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select = "/class/student[2]/nickname"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select = "/class/student[2]/marks"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select = "/class/student[3]/@rollno"/>
</td>
<td><xsl:value-of select = "/class/student[3]/firstname"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select = "/class/student[3]/lastname"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select = "/class/student[3]/nickname"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select = "/class/student[3]/marks"/></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>