I am new to XML and am not sure how to sovle this issue.
I have an XML file that contains the following:
<TRADE>
<ABC>xxxxx</ABC>
<ABC type="U"/>
<XYZ />
<XYZ year="06"/>
<XYZ month="02"/>
<XYZ day="15"/>
</TRADE>
I basically want to group the elements as such:
<ABC type="U">xxxxx</ABC>
<XYZ year="06" month="02" day="15"/>
There are several other instances of elements being organized as such.
Thanks
Bob R.
Grouping XML Elements
justindrocco
The stylesheet below will work for the sample input document you provided. However, I am not sure how you want to merge contents of several elements with the same name in the general case.
<
xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"><xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:for-each select="TRADE/*">
<xsl:variable name="curName" select="name()"/>
<xsl:if test="not(preceding::*[name() = $curName])">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:copy-of select="../*[name() = $curName]/@*"/>
<xsl:copy-of select="../*[name() = $curName]/text()"/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Best regards,
Anton
Pradeepvmca
If you wish to use a XSL to convert from original XML format to another,
look at examples in
http://www.topxml.com/xsltStylesheets/xslt_XML_to_XML.asp
They show you how to convert elements into Attributes.
I am also new to XML/XSL. just completed my first XSL project with help from this forum.
Perhaps someone else may give you more specific tips.
Good luck.