XML to XML Transformation using XSLT

anand18101984

I am having an XML like below,

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 <SECT1><TITLE>Title1</TITLE><PARA>Line1<BR/>Line2<BR/>Line3<BR/>Line4<BR/>Line5</PARA></SECT1>
 

I want to convert this into another XML in the following format,

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 <SECT1>

<TITLE>Title1</TITLE>

<PARA>Line1<BR/>Line2<BR/>Line3<BR/>Line4<BR/>Line5</PARA>

</SECT1>

Actually, i want to add line break at the end of each element. I tried to convert using XSL:TEXT in XSLT. But it didnt work correctly.

Please provide your suggestions for this.

Thanks for your help.

Dormilich

for line breaks use 
 (the line break character), but is it really necessary to add the line breaks (although it lokks better to the human eye)?

the next problem you'll have is deciding, where to put the line break (to distinguish between element children and text children might get more work than is worth)

anand18101984

My XSLT looks like below,

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 <xsl:template match="/">

        <xsl:apply-templates select="*"/>

    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="node()">

        <xsl:text>

</xsl:text>

        <xsl:copy>

            <xsl:apply-templates select="node()"/>

        </xsl:copy>

    </xsl:template>

Problem is it doesnt transform the xml in the required format. Is there anything wrong in the XSL?

it transforms like below,

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 <SECT1><TITLE>

Title1</TITLE><PARA>

Line1

<BR />

Line2

<BR />

Line3

<BR />

Line4

<BR />

Line5</PARA></SECT1>

Dormilich

Quote:

Originally Posted by anand18101984

Problem is it doesnt transform the xml in the required format. Is there anything wrong in the XSL?

no, but with the logic behind it. (as I mentioned, you need several node-type tests to determine, when to put in a break)

got this after some experimenting (actually I'm rather surprised to get it working so fast):

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 <xsl:template match="node()">

       <xsl:if test="child::text()">

              <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>

       </xsl:if>

       <xsl:copy>

            <xsl:apply-templates select="node()"/>

        </xsl:copy>

       <xsl:if test="child::text() and preceding-sibling::node()">

              <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>

       </xsl:if>

</xsl:template>

anand18101984

Thanks for your response. Unfortunately, this didnt work out for me. I have given my full XSLT and XML document below.

XSLT

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 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

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

    <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>

    <xsl:template match="/">

        <xsl:if test="child::text()">

            <xsl:text>

</xsl:text>

        </xsl:if>

        <xsl:apply-templates select="*"/>

        <xsl:if test="child::text() and preceding-sibling::node()">

            <xsl:text>

</xsl:text>

        </xsl:if>

    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="node()">

        <xsl:copy>

            <xsl:apply-templates select="node()"/>

        </xsl:copy>

    </xsl:template>
 
</xsl:stylesheet>

xML

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 <SECT1><TITLE>Corporate Structure</TITLE><PARA> Abbott Laboratories<BR />100 Abbott Park Road<BR />Abbott Park<BR />Illinois 60064-6400 </PARA></SECT1>
 

Dormilich

try putting the if-statements in the second template.

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