Re: [xsl] Editing URLs

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John,

Given source like:

<a href="maps.maps.html">Map of maps</a>

you want XSLT something like:

<xsl:template match="*|@*">
  <!-- this is an identity template that will match your 'a'
       along with everything else -->
  <xsl:copy>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|*"/>
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="@href">
  <!-- this template will match the @href attribute, and has a
       higher precedence than the other (so is preferred) -->
  <xsl:copy>
    <xsl:text>http://</xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="."/>
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

or, more simply (but not rolled into the identity transform),

<xsl:template match="a">
  <a href="http://{@href}";>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="*"/>
  </a>
</xsl:template>

I hope that helps--
Wendell

At 05:09 PM 4/28/2003, you wrote:
> I am writing an XSLT that I want to edit HREFs.  Currently my XHTML source 
> files do not include http:// in the cross-references.  They are phrased as 
> "<a href="maps.maps.html">blah, blah, blah</a>".  Because of my process I 
> need to add in "http://"; at the beginning of the URLs.  For the life of 
> me, I cannot figure out how to make this work.  Any suggestions?


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