Re: XML node replacement

Here's one way to do it (see below).

Best regards,
HMcA


<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
      xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

<xsl:output encoding="utf-8" />

<!-- start processing ... -->
<xsl:template match = "/">
      <xsl:apply-templates />
</xsl:template>

<!-- convert an instance of "node1" to an element named by its
"doc_var_name" attribute -->
<xsl:template match = "node1">
      <xsl:element name = "{@doc_var_name}">
            <!-- just copy the content, including attributes -->
            <xsl:copy-of select = "@*|*" />
      </xsl:element>
</xsl:template>

<!--
      copy an instance of "test" to the output, converting only its
immediate node1 children,
      and collecting nested instances of node1 within a "children"
container
-->
<xsl:template match = "test">
      <xsl:copy>
            <xsl:apply-templates select = "node1" />
            <xsl:element name = "children">
                  <!-- wildcard lets us access nested instances of "node1"
without naming their containing elements (child1, child2, ...) -->
                  <xsl:apply-templates select = "*/node1" />
            </xsl:element>
   </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>




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Hi, I am a newbie to XSL and require help. I have two XMLs (see below) and
must convert old to new .

To summarize:

1. I have to replace all node1 with the attribute value for doc_var_name
i.e. var1 (including those occuring within <test> and <child1><chil2> etc)

2. I have to remove all child1, child2 nodes and replace them with one
instance of <children>.

I am unable to figure this one out.

Thanks!
Terry

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old format:
----------------
<test>
    <node1 doc_var_name="var1>
       <a>1</a>
    </node1>
    <child1>
         <node1 doc_var_name="var2>
                 <b>6</b>
         </node1>
    </child1>
    <child2>
       <node1 doc_var_name="var3>
                 <c>3</c>
         </node1>
    </child2>
</test>


required new format:
-----------------------------
<test>
   <var1 doc_var_name="var1">
      <a>1</a>
   </var1>
   <children>
       <var2 doc_var_name="var2">
          <b>7</b>
       </var2>
        <var3 doc_var_name="var3">
          <c>3</c>
       </var3>
   </children>
</test>
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