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Re: [xsl] Removing an XML Attribute

2007-07-04 16:12:11
On Wed, Jul 04 2007 19:10:22 +0100, Shaun(_dot_)McDonald(_at_)jetblue(_dot_)com 
wrote:
I came up with something that appears to work, only I'm not sure if
there is a caveat to doing it this way.

Since I'm transforming almost 100 files, I want to make sure nothing
bites me in the rear.

Using XSLT 2.0, Saxon 8.8

<xsl:template match="*">
  <xsl:copy>
    <xsl:choose>
     <xsl:when test="not(@change)">
       <xsl:copy-of select="@* "/>
     </xsl:when>
     <xsl:otherwise/>
   </xsl:choose>
   <xsl:apply-templates/>
 </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

I'm still spot-checking the files, but so far it seems to have removed
the @change attribute only, which is my desired output.

That would appear to be because @change is the only attribute on that
particular element.

Your template copies all attributes if @change is not present, and
copies no attributes if it is present.

(If you have just one test, you can use xsl:if instead of xsl:choose,
and when you do use xsl:choose, the xsl:otherwise is optional.)

Try just:

   <xsl:copy-of select="@*[not(self::change)]"/>

Regards,


Tony Graham.
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