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From: Norma Yeazell [mailto:Nyeazell(_at_)oneil(_dot_)com]
Hi,
I want to transform XML to XML using different elements. I thought I
could do this but have been unable to find any samples to get me
started. Can anyone help me out with this?
For instance the original XML has an element <maintain> and the new XML
should be <maintwp> and many more.
This can be done with no more than:
<xsl:template match="maintain">
<maintwp>
<xsl:apply-templates select="@* | node()" />
</maintwp>
</xsl:template>
A simple copy template for all nodes for which you want to leave the names
unchanged, and one similar to the above for the others.
If you're looking more for a general solution, have an XML map of the
element names in an external file, or in another namespace in your
stylesheet, bind this map to a variable, and create an element/attribute
with the mapped name or simply a copy.
Roughly something like:
<xsl:stylesheet ... xmlns:map="map:namespace">
...
<map:mapping type="elem" from="maintain" to="maintwp" />
<map:mapping type="attr" from="att-one" to="att-two" />
...
<xsl:variable name="vmap" select="document('')/*/map:mapping" />
...
<xsl:template match="*">
<xsl:choose>
<!-- if there is a mapping, use it -->
<xsl:when test="$vmap[(_at_)type='elem'][(_at_)from=name(current())]">
<xsl:element
name="{$vmap[(_at_)type='elem'][(_at_)from=name(current())]/@to}">
<xsl:apply-templates select="@* | node()" />
</xsl:element>
</xsl:when>
<!-- else, just copy and continue -->
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="@* | node()" />
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:when>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="@*">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$vmap[(_at_)type='attr'][(_at_)from=name(current())]">
<xsl:attribute
name="{$vmap[(_at_)type='attr'][(_at_)from=name(current())]/@to}">
<xsl:value-of select="." />
</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:copy-of select="." />
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:when>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
HTH!
Greetz,
Andreas