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Re: Copying unknown attributes in XML to XML transformation?
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- Subject: Re: [xsl] Copying unknown attributes in XML to XML transformation?
- From: Tony Graham <tkg at menteith dot com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 23:53:32 -0400 (EST)
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At 23 Jan 2001 22:55 -0500, Bill Burton wrote:
> I have an XML configuration file for a server with an element and various
> attributes describing how to connect to this server. I'm trying to
> replace the values of the hostname or port number attributes while
> copying all the other (possibly unknown) attributes. So, the output
> should look exactly like the input except for the changed values of the
> specified attributes. So far so good.
>
> <xsl:template match="connectionFactory">
> <connectionFactory host="{$host}" port="{$port}">
> <xsl:copy-of select="@name|@type|@class"/>
> <xsl:apply-templates/>
> </connectionFactory>
> </xsl:template>
>
> The above works but I'm explictly specifying the other attributes to copy
> in the copy-of select. Is there some way to specify the select so it
> copies all attributes except @host and @port?
Try:
<xsl:template match="connectionFactory">
<connectionFactory host="{$host}" port="{$port}">
<xsl:copy-of select="@*[name()!='host' and name()!='port']"/>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</connectionFactory>
</xsl:template>
Regards,
Tony Graham.
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