[xsl] copying namespaces question

Subject: [xsl] copying namespaces question
From: Robby Pelssers <Robby.Pelssers@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 12:16:04 +0200
Hi all,

I have a working implementation for the use case below where I need to split
an xml file into chunks.  Although it works I'm not extremely satisfied by
hardcoding the namespace http://www.mycompany.com in my result tree.   Just
checking if this can be improved.  PS. The example is made up and simplified
but showing exactly what's needed.

Kind regards,
Robby Pelssers



Input document:
--------------
<objects
  xmlns="www.mycompany.com"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
  creationDateTime="2012-06-21T10:00:10+02:00"
  transLanguage="EN"
  baseLanguage="EN"
  messageID="1340265610203998445">
  <object>
    <changedate>2012-06-20T15:42:41+02:00</changedate>
    <name>PH3330L</name>
    <parent xsi:nil="true"/>
  </object>
  <object>
    <changedate>2012-06-21T08:53:17+02:00</changedate>
    <name>BUK9MNP-100</name>
    <parent xsi:nil="true"/>
  </object>
</objects>

Expected output: 2 files called PH3330L.xml and BUK9MNP-100.xml
-------------------------------------------------------------
<objects
  xmlns="www.mycompany.com"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
  creationDateTime="2012-06-21T10:00:10+02:00"
  transLanguage="EN"
  baseLanguage="EN"
  messageID="1340265610203998445">
  <object>
    <changedate>2012-06-20T15:42:41+02:00</changedate>
    <name>PH3330L</name>
    <parent xsi:nil="true"/>
  </object>
</objects>

<objects
  xmlns="www.mycompany.com"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
  creationDateTime="2012-06-21T10:00:10+02:00"
  transLanguage="EN"
  baseLanguage="EN"
  messageID="1340265610203998445">
  <object>
    <changedate>2012-06-21T08:53:17+02:00</changedate>
    <name>BUK9MNP-100</name>
    <parent xsi:nil="true"/>
  </object>
</objects>

Current implementation:
----------------------
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
   xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
   xmlns:mycompany="www.mycompany.com">

    <xsl:param name="destinationFolder"/>

    <xsl:template match="/">
      <xsl:apply-templates select="mycompany:objects/mycompany:object"/>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template name="writeSingleObject">
      <xsl:param name="thisObject"/>
      <xsl:param name="fileName"/>
      <xsl:result-document href="{concat('file:///',$destinationFolder,
'resources/', $fileName, '.xml')}" method="xml">
        <!--
           I am currently hardcoding the mycompany namespace as I reconstruct
the parent element manually.
           Is there some better (dynamic way) to accomplish my use case?
        -->
        <xsl:element name="{../local-name()}"
xmlns="http://www.mycompany.com";>
          <xsl:apply-templates select="../@*"/>
          <xsl:copy-of select="$thisObject"/>
        </xsl:element>
      </xsl:result-document>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="mycompany:object">
      <xsl:call-template name="writeSingleObject">
        <xsl:with-param name="thisObject" select="."/>
        <xsl:with-param name="fileName"   select="mycompany:name"/>
      </xsl:call-template>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="@* | node()">
      <xsl:copy copy-namespaces="yes">
        <xsl:apply-templates select="@*"/>
        <xsl:apply-templates/>
      </xsl:copy>
    </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

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