How to convert an xml file to another ?

[Patrice Dargenton]

Hello,
I have to convert an xml file to another xml file that is very similar, but
some content are different, and the names of some nodes are different. In
fact it's a response to a message : while in the original file there is
<XXX>, the response file should contain <XXXResponse> with the same content
: It's quite easy to modify the InnerText of a node, but it's impossible to
rename the node : Is there a smart way to do this ? Thanks for help.
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Patrice Dargenton
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http://patrice.dargenton.free.fr/index.html
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[Martin Honnen]

Patrice Dargenton wrote:

I have to convert an xml file to another xml file that is very similar, but
some content are different, and the names of some nodes are different. In
fact it's a response to a message : while in the original file there is
<XXX>, the response file should contain <XXXResponse> with the same content
: It's quite easy to modify the InnerText of a node, but it's impossible to
rename the node : Is there a smart way to do this ?

XSLT can do that e.g.
<xsl:template match="XXX">
<xsl:element name="{name()}R esponse">
<xsl:copy-of select="@*" />
<xsl:apply-templates />
</xsl:element>
</xsl:template>

--

Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Patrice Dargenton]

Thanks for the reply. Is it possible with this method to transform several
node names ? for example (XXX or YYY) to {name()}Respons e ?
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Patrice Dargenton
pa************* **@free.fr
http://patrice.dargenton.free.fr/index.html
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"Martin Honnen" <ma*******@yaho o.de> a écrit dans le message de news:
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Patrice Dargenton wrote:

I have to convert an xml file to another xml file that is very similar,
but
some content are different, and the names of some nodes are different. In
fact it's a response to a message : while in the original file there is
<XXX>, the response file should contain <XXXResponse> with the same
content
: It's quite easy to modify the InnerText of a node, but it's impossible
to
rename the node : Is there a smart way to do this ?

XSLT can do that e.g.
<xsl:template match="XXX">
<xsl:element name="{name()}R esponse">
<xsl:copy-of select="@*" />
<xsl:apply-templates />
</xsl:element>
</xsl:template>

--

Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Martin Honnen]

Patrice Dargenton wrote:

Is it possible with this method to transform several
node names ? for example (XXX or YYY) to {name()}Respons e ?

<xsl:template match="XXX">

You would simply write that template as
<xsl:template match="XXX | YYY">
then, the rest as before. XSLT is rather powerful when it comes to
transforming XML to XML. But as a declarative language with an XML
syntax it is not what some people are used to and can easily start with.
On the other hand XSLT 1.0 is well established and documented for years
now so you will find lots of tutorials, documentations, articles, bools
and archived posts that will help you if you want to learn it.

--

Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[patrice.dargenton]

Thanks a lot, I will try this.
Patrice.

Martin Honnen a écrit :

Patrice Dargenton wrote:

Is it possible with this method to transform several
node names ? for example (XXX or YYY) to {name()}Respons e ?

<xsl:template match="XXX">

You would simply write that template as
<xsl:template match="XXX | YYY">
then, the rest as before. XSLT is rather powerful when it comes to
transforming XML to XML. But as a declarative language with an XML
syntax it is not what some people are used to and can easily start with.
On the other hand XSLT 1.0 is well established and documented for years
now so you will find lots of tutorials, documentations, articles, bools
and archived posts that will help you if you want to learn it.

--

Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Patrice Dargenton]

I tried this transformation :

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<xsl:styleshe et version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http ://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="A1 | B1 | B2 | C1">
<xsl:element name="{name()}R esponse">
<xsl:copy-of select="@*" />
<xsl:apply-templates />
</xsl:element>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
on this test file :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<A1 name="A1Name">
<B1 name="B1Name" />
<B2 name="B2Name">
<C1 name="C1Name" />
</B2>
</A1>
The result is :

<A1Response name="A1Name">
<B1Response name="B1Name">
</B1Response>
<B2Response name="B2Name">
<C1Response name="C1Name">
</C1Response>
</B2Response>
</A1Response>
I would like to avoid </B1Response> and </C1Response>, and to keep unchanged
the nodes that are not included in the match criteria : I think this is a
complex task, and I wonder whether I will not do better if I rewrite all
file node per node ...

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Patrice Dargenton
pa************* **@free.fr
http://patrice.dargenton.free.fr/index.html
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"Martin Honnen" <ma*******@yaho o.de> a écrit dans le message de news:
ud************* @TK2MSFTNGP10.p hx.gbl...

Patrice Dargenton wrote:

I have to convert an xml file to another xml file that is very similar,
but
some content are different, and the names of some nodes are different. In
fact it's a response to a message : while in the original file there is
<XXX>, the response file should contain <XXXResponse> with the same
content
: It's quite easy to modify the InnerText of a node, but it's impossible
to
rename the node : Is there a smart way to do this ?

XSLT can do that e.g.
<xsl:template match="XXX">
<xsl:element name="{name()}R esponse">
<xsl:copy-of select="@*" />
<xsl:apply-templates />
</xsl:element>
</xsl:template>

--

Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/