RE: [xsl] Trouble writing .xsl

[Jason Rizer <jasonriz at yahoo dot com>]

Finally, everything is working.  Thanks again.

-Jason

--- "Sullivan, Dan" <dsullivan@develop.com> wrote:
> There are many variations on this depending on the
> exact needs of your
> problem. Watch for line wraps.
> 
> <xsl:stylesheet
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
> version="1.0"
> xmlns:ABC="org.jason">
> <!-- identity transform -->
> <xsl:template match="node()|@*">
>     <xsl:copy>
>         <xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/>
>     </xsl:copy>
> </xsl:template>
> <!-- transform for jason -->
> <xsl:template match="ABC:*">
>     <xsl:choose>
>         <!-- see if local name start with jason -->
>         <xsl:when
> test="substring-before(local-name(.), '.')='jason'">
>             <!-- if so remove it -->
>             <xsl:element name="{concat('ABC:',
> substring-after(local-name(.), '.'))}"
> namespace="org.jason">
>                 <!-- but keep going if there is more
> -->
>                 <xsl:apply-templates
> select="node()|@*"/>
>             </xsl:element>
>         </xsl:when>
>         <xsl:otherwise>
>             <!-- if it is not a jason just copy and
> keep on going -->
>             <xsl:copy>
>                 <xsl:apply-templates
> select="node()|@*"/>
>             </xsl:copy>
>         </xsl:otherwise>
>     </xsl:choose>
> </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
> 
> 
> Dan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Rizer [mailto:jasonriz@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 11:44 AM
> To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> Subject: RE: [xsl] Trouble writing .xsl
> 
> 
> 
> --- "Sullivan, Dan" <dsullivan@develop.com> wrote:
> > You need to make use of an identity transform like
> > this:
> > 
> > 
> > <xsl:stylesheet
> > xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
> > version="1.0"
> > xmlns:ABC="org.jason">
> > 
> > <!-- identity transform, for everything you don't
> > care about changing
> > -->
> > <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
> >     <xsl:copy>
> >         <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
> >     </xsl:copy>
> > </xsl:template>
> > 
> > <!-- transform for jason, the only element you
> care
> > about changing -->
> > <xsl:template match="ABC:jason.Smith">
> > <ABC:Smith>
> > <!-- process children, atrs, if any -->
> >     <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
> > </ABC:Smith>
> > </xsl:template>
> > 
> > </xsl:stylesheet>
> > 
> > 
> > Also your source file had a typo in it (XMI
> > Content).
> > 
> > Dan
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jason Rizer [mailto:jasonriz@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 8:54 PM
> > To: XSL-List@lists.mulberrytech.com
> > Subject: [xsl] Trouble writing .xsl
> > 
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I've just recently begun using xslt and I'm kind
> of
> > stuck on something pretty simple. I've worked
> > through
> > parts of a couple of tutorials but I still can't
> > seem
> > to handle this problem. I'd like to convert (for
> > example) the following chunk of xml:
> > 
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
> > <XMI xmlns:ABC="org.jason">
> > <XMI.content>
> > <ABC:jason.Smith>
> > <LL/>
> > </ABC:jason.Smith>
> > <Smith/>
> > <XMI content>
> > </XMI>
> > 
> > to this chunk:
> > 
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
> > <XMI xmlns:ABC="org.jason">
> > <XMI.content>
> > <ABC:Smith>
> > <LL/>
> > </ABC:Smith>
> > <Smith/>
> > <XMI content>
> > </XMI>
> > 
> > In other words I want to replace each elament
> named
> > jason.Smith with an identical element (ie not
> affect
> > any of it's children or it's attributes) named
> Smith
> > but only when It occurs in the Namespace ABC. I
> want
> > all other elements in the output file to remain
> > unchanged. I think I need to use the XPATH
> > namespace(
> > ) function in my match expression but I can't
> quite
> > seem to get it to work. Any help with creating
> this
> > stylesheet would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks
> in
> > advance!
> > 
> > -Jason
> > 
> > ps - What would a style sheet look like which
> > created
> > an output xml document identical to the source xml
> > document? 
> > 
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> 
> Dan,
> 
> Thanks, this solved my problem (as I stated it)
> perfectly.  You're 8 lines of XPATH did what my 50
> couldn't :)  I guess there is a bit of a learning
> curve.  Still, I have one additional problem.  I
> realized that I didn't quite state my problem fully.
> 
> It's not suffiecent that I replace elements named
> ABC:jason.Smith with elements named ABC:Smith, I've
> also got to repace any elements whose names begin
> with
> ABC:jason.Smith the elements whose names begin with
> ABC:Smith while leaving the rest of the element name
> unchanged.
> 
> For example, I've got to make the following changes
> anywhere they occur in the document:
> 
> ABC:jason.Smith       ->   ABC:Smith
> ABC:jason.Smith.foo   ->   ABC:Smith.foo
> 
> I've been playing with the starts-with( ) and
> substring-after( ) functions but I can't get it to
> work.  If there is an easy solution you could share
> with me it would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in
> advance.
> 
> -Jason
> 
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