Re: [xsl] Create XML from XPath expressions

[Michael Müller-Hillebrand <mmh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

There are many open questions.

E.g. the desired <item> element: Is it supposed to be created from the
<Path> information?

Or: How can I know that <Path>/item/street/@type</Path> is an
attribute of the immediately preceding <Path>/item/street</Path> and
not of some earlier <item>?

You could first process each <Difference> element by parsing the
<Path> to create elements and attributes, like

<item><street>2020 Washington Ave.</street></item>
<item><street type="business"/></item>
<item><zip>90210</zip></item>
<item><city>Los Angeles</city></item>

As far as I can see, this is the only data that is specified by the
source document. Combining this into a single <item> is an assumption
and could be handled according to the assumed logic in a second step.

- Michael M|ller-Hillebrand

PS: Which software creates such a diff report?

Am 18.08.2009 um 10:19 schrieb Heiko Niemann:

> Hello,
>
> I've an xml diff result that looks similar to this:
>
> <XmlDiffResult>
>
> <Difference>
> <Type>update</Type>
> <Path>/item/street</Path>
> <NodeType>Element</NodeType>
> <NodeName>street</NodeName>
> <NewValue>2020 Washington Ave.</NewValue>
> </Difference>
>
> <Difference>
> <Type>insert</Type>
> <Path>/item/street/@type</Path>
> <NodeType>Attribute</NodeType>
> <NodeName>type</NodeName>
> <NewValue>business</NewValue>
> </Difference>
>
> <Difference>
> <Type>update</Type>
> <Path>/item/zip</Path>
> <NodeType>Element</NodeType>
> <NodeName>zip</NodeName>
> <NewValue>90210</NewValue>
> </Difference>
>
> <Difference>
> <Type>update</Type>
> <Path>/item/city</Path>
> <NodeType>Element</NodeType>
> <NodeName>city</NodeName>
> <NewValue>Los Angeles</NewValue>
> </Difference>
>
> </XmlDiffResult>
>
>
> Now I want to build a new xml based on the XPath expressions in each
> Path
> element just using XSLT. So the result should look like this:
>
>
> <data>
>
> <item>
>  <street type="business">2020 Washington Ave.</street>
>  <zip>90210</zip>
>  <city>Los Angeles</city>
> </item>
>
> </data>
>
>
> I have different processors and extensions available and I have tried
> several approaches. Also available are the xml files I compared to
> get the
> diff result.
>
> Thank you for your help and ideas.
>
> Heiko

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