Re: [xsl] XML to XML transformation

["Simon Kelly" <kelly@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Cheers for that Mike, it will be most useful.

Here is the more complex structure I want to create (data from source in the
[]).

<!-- <mdatas>
    <label>[from external reference]</label>
    <starttime>[ROWSET/first-child()/TIMESTAMP</starttime>
    <endtime>[ROWSET/last-child()/TIMESTAMP</endtime>
    [for-each-child() of ROWSET]
        <mdata>
            [if first-child()]
                <timestamp>[TIMESTAMP]</timestamp>
            [end-if]
            [for-each-child() && not(first-child())]
                <svalue>
                    <label>[local-name()]</label>
                    <value>[text()]</value>
                </svalue>
            [end-for]
        </mdata>
    [end-for]
</mdatas> -->

Since my last post I have created a xsl to do this (I think, as I can'T get
it to run yet from other bugs) but I'm not sure if I am using xsl correctly
to produce a Document rather than text.  It looks ok to me, but does seem a
little shoddy, but here it is:

"<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform\";>"
"<xsl:output method="text"/>"
"<xsl:template match="/">"
"  <slowcontrol>"
"    <xsl:apply-templates />"
"  </slowcontrol>"
"</xsl:template>"
"<xsl:template match="ROWSET">"
"  <measuringdatasequence>"
"    <label>fp1v1</label>"
"    <xsl:for-each select="ROW">"
"      <xsl:choose>"
"        <xsl:when test="position() = 1">"
"          <starttime><xsl:value-of select="./TIMESTAMP/text()"
/></starttime>"
"        </xsl:when>"
"        <xsl:when test="position() = last()">"
"          <endtime><xsl:value-of select="./TIMESTAMP/text()" /></endtime>"
"        </xsl:when>"
"        <xsl:otherwise />"
"      </xsl:choose>"
"    </xsl:for-each>"
"    <xsl:apply-templates />"
"  </measuringdatasequence>"
"</xsl:template>"
"<xsl:template match="ROW">"
"  <measuringdata>"
"  <xsl:for-each select="*">"
"    <xsl:choose>"
"      <xsl:when test="string(local-name())=string('TIMESTAMP')">"
"        <timestamp><xsl:value-of select="./text()" /></timestamp>"
"      </xsl:when>"
"      <xsl:otherwise>"
"        <sensorvalue>"
"          <label><xsl:value-of select="local-name()" /></label>"
"          <value><xsl:value-of select="./text()" /></value>"
"        </sensorvalue>"
"      </xsl:otherwise>"
"    </xsl:choose>"
"  </xsl:for-each>"
"</xsl:template>"
"</xsl:stylesheet>"

Any help would be most appriciated.

Kind regards

Simon

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Brown" <mike@xxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: [xsl] XML to XML transformation


> Simon Kelly wrote:
> > I have been looking throught the xslt-cookbook to try to work out the
best
> > was of turning an flat XML document, in to quite a deep complex
document.
> > But I am having a couple of problems working out what it the best way of
> > doing this in xsl.
> >
> > The flat structure is an output from a relational db, using ROWSET, ROW
then
> > $column-name as the child node identifiers.
>
> You mean you have something like this?
>
> <DATA>
>   <ROWSET>
>     <ROW>
>       <Id>123</Id>
>       <GivenName>Jane</GivenName>
>       <FamilyName>Doe</FamilyName>
>     </ROW>
>     ...
>   </ROWSET>
>   ...
> </DATA>
>
> What's your definition of deep and complex, i.e. what is an example of the
> XML you want in your output, given the above input?
>
> > However, I will be keeping none of the node names in the new structure,
> > and I want xsl to create a new document and not a string output.
> > I am using the javax.xml.transform.Transformer.
>
> In XSLT, you create a new document in the form of an XPath node tree that
is
> similar to a DOM Document object. Typically, this "result tree" is
serialized
> as an encoded string after construction, but different XSLT processors
offer
> alternative types of output, including DOM Document objects. Processors
that
> implement JAXP may support the DOMResult class, which you can create an
> instance of to be the destination for the result tree. You pass this
instance
> as the second argument to the Transformer's transform() method. Read more
about
> DOMResult in the javax.xml.transform docs. Your XSLT processor probably
comes
> with examples demonstrating its usage.
>
> When constructing the new result tree, you are free to create any nodes
you
> want, and to traverse any part of the source tree, starting at the root
node.
> Your new elements and attributes can be given any names you want; there's
no
> obligation to copy the input, or to even base anything on the input at
all.
>
> > I also need the transform to be very quick, as the relational document
size
> > can be in excess of 4MB.
>
> This will be more of a problem. Very large input files are difficult to
> process because some nuances of XSLT require that the document be cached
and
> operated on with the entire document being in memory at once. There are
> various ideas for working around this, including using a SAX parser to
break
> the document into chunks that the XSLT processor can handle more quickly
(and
> then you have to collect and reassemble the output yourself),
vendor-specific
> extension functions such as saxon:preview (but only in limited
situations),
> and using SAX-based transformation approaches such as STX. See also
> http://www.biglist.com/lists/xsl-list/archives/200301/msg00804.html
>
> Mike
>
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>   Denver, CO, USA |  http://skew.org/xml/
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