Re: [xsl] Re: applying templates to all child elements except two specific ones

[Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ram,


"Ram UGroups" <ram_ugroups@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:20021206151330.17986.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello Dimitre,
>
> Thank you so much for the response. But I still am not
> able to figure out how to work on all the descendant
> elements except child1 and child2.

It is seen in the result of the transformation: as example they are
pre-pendeded with "X".

To specify whatever processing is necessary, replace this with your
code.

=====
Cheers,

Dimitre Novatchev.
http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL

>
> Basically in my requirement, after the transformation,
> child1 and child2 should remain the same but
> everyother element's text need to worked upon which
> are descendants of <element1>. When I tried to use
> your template, its the <child1> and <child2> elements
> that are being transformed. could you please throw
> more light on it ?
>
> Thanks.
> --- Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > --- Ram UGroups wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I do have an element in my input XML file which
> > has a
> > > nested structure with lots of other elements. If
> > the
> > > context element is called <element1>, I need to
> > > process all the child elements of <element1> by
> > > changing the case of their data, leaving two
> > specific
> > > child elements <child1> and <child2>.
> > >
> > > Eg:
> > >
> > > <someroot>
> > > <element1>
> > > <child1>first child<child1>
> > > <name>
> > > <firstname>John</firstname>
> > > <lastname>Doe</lastname>
> > > </name>
> > > <address>
> > > <street>555 First Stree</street>
> > > <city>some city</city>
> > > <state>some state</state>
> > > <child2>random</child2>
> > > </address>
> > > </element1>
> > > <otherelements/>
> > > </someroot>
> > >
> > > So data of all the elements between <element1>
> > tags
> > > should be changed to a different case except the
> > data
> > > in the elements <child1> and <child2>.
> > >
> > > Any help would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> >
> > The example provided is not a well-formed xml
> > document. Also child2 is
> > not a child of element1.
> >
> > Below is a solution to your problem, using the
> > following modified
> > source.xml:
> > ----------
> > <someroot>
> >   <element1>
> >     <child1>first child</child1>
> >     <name>
> >       <firstname>John</firstname>
> >       <lastname>Doe</lastname>
> >     </name>
> >     <address>
> >       <street>555 First Stree</street>
> >       <city>some city</city>
> >       <state>some state</state>
> >       <child2>random</child2>
> >     </address>
> >     <child2>of element1</child2>
> >   </element1>
> >   <otherelements/>
> > </someroot>
> >
> >
> > Transformation:
> > --------------
> > <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> >  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
> >  <xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>
> >
> >   <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
> >     <xsl:copy>
> >       <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
> >     </xsl:copy>
> >   </xsl:template>
> >   <xsl:template match="text()[normalize-space()]">
> >     X<xsl:value-of select="."/>
> >   </xsl:template>
> >
> >   <xsl:template
> >    match="text()[ancestor::child1[../self::element1]
> >                or
> >                  ancestor::child2[../self::element1]
> >                 ]">
> >    Y<xsl:value-of select="."/>
> >   </xsl:template>
> > </xsl:stylesheet>
> >
> > when applied to the source xml document above, this
> > transformation
> > produces the following result:
> >
> > <someroot>
> >   <element1>
> >     <child1>
> >    Yfirst child</child1>
> >     <name>
> >       <firstname>
> >     XJohn</firstname>
> >       <lastname>
> >     XDoe</lastname>
> >     </name>
> >     <address>
> >       <street>
> >     X555 First Stree</street>
> >       <city>
> >     Xsome city</city>
> >       <state>
> >     Xsome state</state>
> >       <child2>
> >     Xrandom</child2>
> >     </address>
> >     <child2>
> >    Yof element1</child2>
> >   </element1>
> >   <otherelements></otherelements>
> > </someroot>
> >
> >
> > This is essentially the identity transformation with
> > an override for
> > text nodes, which have a "child1" or "child2"
> > ancestor, whose parent is
> > "element1".
> >
> > In case in the text of your message:
> > "
> > >I need to
> > > process all the child elements of <element1> by
> > > changing the case of their data, leaving two
> > specific
> > > child elements <child1> and <child2>.
> > "
> >
> > you meant not "child elements" but "descendent
> > elements", then the
> > match of the overriding template should be changed
> > to:
> >
> > text()[ancestor::child1[ancestor::element1]
> >                or
> >
> > ancestor::child2[ancestor::element1]
> >                 ]">
> >



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