Subject: Re: [xsl] Does <xsl:copy> use a lot of memory? Is there an alternative that is more efficient? From: Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2012 15:31:01 +0100 |
Michael Kay Saxonica
Hi Folks,
Does <xsl:copy> use a lot of memory?
Is there an alternative that is more efficient?
Consider this problem. I have an XML document in which some elements have an id attribute and others have an idref attribute. If an element A references element B, then I want to embed B inside A.
Example: I want to convert this:
<Test> <A idref="b" /> <B id="b" /> </Test>
to this:
<Test> <A> <B id="b" /> </A> <B id="b" /> </Test>
Notice that A references B, and after processing B is nested inside A.
Here's a template that handles elements with a reference:
<xsl:key name="ids" match="*[@id]" use="@id"/>
<xsl:template match="*[@idref]">
<xsl:variable name="refed-element" select="key('ids', @idref)"/>
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:copy-of select="@* except @idref" />
<xsl:sequence select="$refed-element" />
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
The complete program is below.
It works fine if:
(a) The XML document is small. (b) I don't have to repeat this embedding process too many times.
However, such is not the case. I am dealing with an XML document that is 370 MB in size and has tens of thousands of references. And I have to repeat the embedding process multiple times.
Saxon gives me an "out of memory error."
I suspect the reason for this is due to the <xsl:copy> command. I believe it is making new copies, thereby consuming lots of memory. True?
So, is there an alternative to <xsl:copy> that is more efficient?
Is there a way to express the above template rule that is more efficient?
/Roger ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" exclude-result-prefixes="#all" version="2.0">
<xsl:output method="xml" />
<xsl:key name="ids" match="*[@id]" use="@id"/>
<xsl:template match="*[@idref]">
<xsl:variable name="refed-element" select="key('ids', @idref)"/>
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:copy-of select="@* except @idref" />
<xsl:sequence select="$refed-element" />
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="node()">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
<xsl:apply-templates />
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
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