Re: [xsl] Merging attributes in one XML file with node values in another (identical structure)

[David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>]

m1.xml

<a>
   <b>
      <node>1</node>
   </b>
   <c>
      <d>
         <node>2</node>
      </d>
   </c>
</a>


m2.xml

<a>
   <b val="x">
      <node width="10"/>
   </b>
   <c>
      <d val="z">
         <node height="15"/>
      </d>
   </c>
</a>


m.xsl

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>


<xsl:template match="*">
 <xsl:copy>
  <xsl:variable name="n" select="1+count(preceding::*)+count(ancestor::*)"/>
  <xsl:copy-of select="document('m2.xml')/descendant::*[$n]/@*"/>
  <xsl:apply-templates/>
 </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>


$ saxon m1.xml m.xsl
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><a>
   <b val="x">
      <node width="10">1</node>
   </b>
   <c>
      <d val="z">
         <node height="15">2</node>
      </d>
   </c>
</a>


David

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