Re: [xsl] Generating XML fragment to DOM node using XSL

Subject: Re: [xsl] Generating XML fragment to DOM node using XSL
From: Steve Dussinger <sdussing@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 13:10:22 -0800
On 12/16/03 12:49 PM, "cknell@xxxxxxxxxx" <cknell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Here are two XML documents and an XSLT stylesheet
> 
> sduss_a.xml
> -------------
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
> <menu>
> <breakfast />
> <lunch />
> </menu>
> 
> 
> sduss_b.xml
> -------------
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
> <dinner>
> <salad />
> <soup />
> <main-dish />
> <dessert />
> </dinner>
> 
> sduss.xsl
> -------------
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
> <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes" encoding="UTF-8" />
> <xsl:variable name="dinner" select="document('sduss_b.xml')" />
> 
> <xsl:template match="/menu">
>   <menu>
>     <xsl:copy-of select="*" />
>     <xsl:copy-of select="$dinner/*" />
>   </menu>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> </xsl:stylesheet>
> 
> Now apply suss.xsl to sduss_a.xml and you will get:
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <menu>
> <breakfast />
> <lunch />
> <dinner>
> <salad />
> <soup />
> <main-dish />
> <dessert />
> </dinner>
> </menu>
> 
> There it is, processed with XALAN-J. I'm still new to Java, so I won't be able
> to help you debug your program, but the problem is clearly not XSL and you may
> do better posting to the XALAN-J list to get pointers programming those
> classes.

Unfortunately, this isn't doing what I need to do. This XSL creates a
completely new DOM document with a 'menu' root. I need to put a series of
nodes into an existing document at a specific node beneath the root.

I want the root node to be any currently existing element in my DOM tree. I
can control the choice of which node is my parent in the destination tree,
but if I try to put more than one node under that parent element, I get this
error, even though I don't think the error is correct.

I understand that I can't create a DOM document with more than one root
element, but that's not what I'm trying. I already have the DOM document,
and I want to put a series of nodes under a child element of that DOM
document...

Thanx,
   Steve



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