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Re: [xsl] Seek an elegant way to remove a sub-tree from an element

2011-10-22 15:27:44
At 2011-10-22 19:19 +0000, Costello, Roger L. wrote:
Hi Folks,

This simpleType element contains within it another simpleType element:

<xs:simpleType name="BostonAreaElevation">
        <xs:restriction>
                <xs:simpleType>
                        <xs:restriction base="xs:int">
                                <xs:minInclusive value="-1290" />
                                <xs:maxInclusive value="29035" />
                        </xs:restriction>
                </xs:simpleType>
                <xs:minInclusive value="0" />
                <xs:maxInclusive value="120" />
        </xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>

I want to remove the inner simpleType, thus producing:

<xs:simpleType name="BostonAreaElevation">
        <xs:restriction>
                <xs:minInclusive value="0" />
                <xs:maxInclusive value="120" />
        </xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>

I seek an elegant way to accomplish this.

The following is one way to accomplish it. Is there a more elegant way to accomplish it?

You don't show us what the variable "simpleType" is.

<xsl:variable name="outer-simpleType">
<xsl:element name="simpleType" namespace="{namespace-uri($simpleType)}">
                <xsl:copy-of select="$simpleType/namespace::*" />
                <xsl:for-each select="$simpleType/@*">
<xsl:attribute name="{name(.)}"><xsl:value-of select="." /></xsl:attribute>
                </xsl:for-each>
<xsl:element name="restriction" namespace="{namespace-uri(simpleType/xs:restriction)}"> <xsl:copy-of select="$simpleType/xs:restriction/namespace::*" />
                        <xsl:for-each select="$simpleType/xs:restriction/@*">
<xsl:attribute name="{name(.)}"><xsl:value-of select="." /></xsl:attribute>
                        </xsl:for-each>
<xsl:sequence select="$simpleType/xs:restriction/xs:*[not(self::xs:simpleType)]" />
                </xsl:element>
        </xsl:element>
</xsl:variable>

Something along the lines of this untested fragment?

 <xsl:variable name="outer-simpleType">
   <xsl:for-each select="$simpleType">
     <xsl:copy>
       <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
       <xsl:for-each select="restriction">
          <xsl:copy>
          <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
          <xsl:copy-of select="* except xs:simpleType"/>

... if you have to use XSLT 1.0 the last line would be:

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

Or, better yet, use an identity transform?

 <xsl:variable name="outer-simpleType">
<xsl:apply-templates select="$simpleType" mode="copyAllButNestedSimpleType"/>
 </xsl:variable>

 <xsl:template mode="copyAllButNestedSimpleType"
               match="xs:simpleType//xs:simpleType"/>
 <xsl:template mode="copyAllButNestedSimpleType" match="*">
  ... identity ...
 </xsl:template>

Even better, not create it in the first place?

I hope these help.

. . . . . . . . . . . . Ken


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