Re: [xsl] Creating child elements to existing Parent elements

["Cherry Yang" <qian.cherry.yang@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for your suggestion, I realized that I simplified my original
problem a bit too much. My original problem can't be solved by simply
matching some XPath query. Still this gives me some ideas to try in my
much complicate context.

QCY

On 9/7/06, Mukul Gandhi <gandhi.mukul@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Please try this stylesheet:
>
> <?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"/>
>
> <xsl:template match="/x">
>  <Ingredients>
>    <xsl:for-each select="Spices/Spice | MeatParentTags/Meats/Meat |
> Vegetables/Vegetable">
>      <Ingredient>
>        <xsl:copy-of select="@*" />
>      </Ingredient>
>    </xsl:for-each>
>  </Ingredients>
> </xsl:template>
>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
> This when applied to XML:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <x>
>  <Spices>
>    <Spice name="black pepper" id="11" />
>    <Spice name="ginger powder" id="12" />
>    <Spice name="salt" id="13" />
>  </Spices>
>  <MeatParentTags>
>    <Meats>
>      <Meat name="pork" id="21" />
>    </Meats>
>  </MeatParentTags>
>  <Vegetables>
>    <Vegetable name="Green Pepper" id="34" />
>  </Vegetables>
> </x>
>
> Produces the desired output:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <Ingredients>
>   <Ingredient name="black pepper" id="11"/>
>   <Ingredient name="ginger powder" id="12"/>
>   <Ingredient name="salt" id="13"/>
>   <Ingredient name="pork" id="21"/>
>   <Ingredient name="Green Pepper" id="34"/>
> </Ingredients>
>
>
> On 9/7/06, Cherry Yang <qian.cherry.yang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I was not able to find out how to create child elements to existing
> > Parent elements after going through my XSLT document and searching on
> > the web. I might not be searching with the right key words. Here is my
> > problem:
> >
> > My Source xml document looks something like this:
> > <Spices>
> >      <Spice name="black pepper" id="11"/>
> >      <Spice name="ginger powder" id="12"/>
> >       <Spice name="salt" id="13"/>
> > </Spices>
> > ....
> > <MeatsParentTags>
> > ......
> >     <Meats>
> >          <Meat name="pork" id="21"/>
> >     </Meats>
> > </MeatParentTags>
> > .....
> > <Vegetables>
> >         <Vegetable name="Green Pepper" id="34/>
> >  </Vegetables>
> >
> > My desired output would be a combination of these tags.
> > <Ingredients>
> >        <Ingredient name="black pepper" id="11"/>
> >        <Ingredient name="ginger powder" id="12"/>
> >       <Ingredient name="salt" id="13"/>
> >        <Ingredient  name="pork" id="21"/>
> >         <Ingredient name="Green Pepper" id="34/>
> > </Ingredients>
> >
> > My XSLT would create element <Ingredients> when processing <Spices>.
> > Later on it should only create <ingredient> element as child element
> > to <Ingredients> element when processing <Meat> or <Vegetable>. Any
> > suggestion on how this can be achieved?
> >
> > I appreciate your help!
> >
> > QCY
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Mukul Gandhi
>
> http://gandhimukul.tripod.com