Re: [xsl] Modify XML using XSL

thanks for the reply.i am providing you a sample xml,


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<books>
 <nobel>
    <title> DaVinci Code</title>
  </nobel>
 <magazine>
  <title>Filmfare </title>
  <title>Femina</title>
 </magazine>
 <comics>
  <title>Tarzan</title>
   <title>Phantom</title>
 </comics>
</books>

for this XML i need to write an XSL , the xsl will do the following things,

1)generate new xml containing all the elements from the above ; and
2) see number of elements under  <nobel> element, if it is less than 2, it 
will create new element "<title>The Jackal</title>" and append as the last 
element under <nobel> element; and
3)see number of elements under  <comics> element, if it is greater than 1, 
it will delete the last element under <comics>element;
Thanks,





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Kay" <mike(_at_)saxonica(_dot_)com>
To: <xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com>
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 1:05 PM
Subject: RE: [xsl] Modify XML using XSL


> > I need to modify an existing XML  using XSL. What the XSL should do is,
> You've structured the question nicely so it can be translated directly 
> into
> XSLT: one template rule for each of your three cases.
>
> I suspect that when you say "nodes" you mean "elements": if not, change 
> "*"
> to "node()".
> > 1)Copy the existing xml as it is.
> That's an identity template rule:
> <xsl:template match="*">
>  <xsl:copy>
>    <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
>    <xsl:apply-templates/>
>  </xsl:copy>
> </xsl:template>
>
> > 2) Count number of sub nodes under a certain node , if count
> > is less than
> > some value (say 2) append another new subnode to that node
> > for the new XML.
> <xsl:template match="*[count(*) &lt; 2]">
>  <xsl:copy>
>    <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
>    <xsl:apply-templates/>
>    <subnode/>
>  </xsl:copy>
> </xsl:template>
>
> > 3) Count number of sub nodes under a certain node , if count
> > is greater than
> > some value (say 1) remove the last node from that node for
> > the new XML.
> <xsl:template match="*[count(*) &gt; 1]">
>  <xsl:copy>
>    <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
>    <xsl:apply-templates select="*[position() != last()]"/>
>  </xsl:copy>
> </xsl:template>
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/
>
>
>
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