Hi,
Each mapping has its own adavantages and disadvantages. XSLT is one type of mapping that Xi supports. XSLT mapping also do have certain advantages like if you need a formatted output like HTML in XSLT it would be easy to implement... XSLT is a W3C standard so if also works in any other integration s/w other than XI so it is portable
prefer XSLT Mappings over Graphical mappings, since it's easier to use. One other big advantage of using XSLT mapping not mention, atleast I think, is that changes to XSD's loses all mappings with graphical mappings but with XSLT's you just add the field changed or added, instead of starting over(which you will have to do if you re-import your XSD)...
XSLT is made for mapping XML to HTML or XML to XML. In the XI environment there are different mappings options availiable e.g: graphical (message) mapping, XSLT, Java , ABAP.
XSLT is, compared to the other techniques, easy to learn and good to enhance. It has a worse performance than the other techniques.
Usually it is the decision of the developer which mapping to choose looking at the different aspects of the requirement like message size, complexity of mapping and so on.
For "An Overview of XSLT Mapping":
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/developerareas/java?rid=/webcontent/uuid/110ff05d-0501-0010-a19d-958...
Few other links that might help you to understand XSLT in better way :
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/73/f61eea1741453eb8f794e150067930/content.htm
https://sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.km.cm.docs/library/xi/xi-code-samples/gen...
And also Refer these links
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/006aa890-0201-0010-1eb1-afc5cbae...
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Suryanarayana
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