XSLT Child node of a specific node

[gregmcmullinjr]

Hi All,

I would like to use XSLT to replace all <unodes that are children of
a <bnode with a new <headingnode. Also, if the <bnode has no
other children than remove it as well.
For example:
This would be some <b><u>Text</u></b>. It could <balso maybe be like
<u>this</u>...</b>

to

This would be some <heading>Text</heading>. It could <balso maybe be
like <heading>this</heading>...</b>

I've been trying something like:

<xsl:template match="//b[u]">
...
</xsl:template>

with no success.

Could someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks!

[A. Bolmarcich]

On 2006-10-20, gr************@gmail.com <gr************@gmail.comwrote:

Hi All,

I would like to use XSLT to replace all <unodes that are children of
a <bnode with a new <headingnode. Also, if the <bnode has no
other children than remove it as well.
For example:
This would be some <b><u>Text</u></b>. It could <balso maybe be like
<u>this</u>...</b>

to

This would be some <heading>Text</heading>. It could <balso maybe be
like <heading>this</heading>...</b>

I've been trying something like:

<xsl:template match="//b[u]">
...
</xsl:template>

with no success.

Could someone point me in the right direction?

To replace a <uthat is a child of a <bwith <heading>, you can use

<xsl:template match="u[parent::b]">
<heading>
<xsl:apply-templates select="node()"/>
</heading>
</xsl:template>

To remove a <bwhose only child is a <u>, you can add

<xsl:template match="//b[u and count(node()) = 1]">
<xsl:apply-templates select="node()"/>
</xsl:template>

You will have to adjust the select attributes of the apply-templates
if you want the attributes of the replaced elements to be attributes
of the output <headingelements.
These templates throw away the attributes of the replaced nodes.

[gregmcmullinjr]

A. Bolmarcich wrote:

On 2006-10-20, gr************@gmail.com <gr************@gmail.comwrote:

Hi All,

I would like to use XSLT to replace all <unodes that are children of
a <bnode with a new <headingnode. Also, if the <bnode has no
other children than remove it as well.
For example:
This would be some <b><u>Text</u></b>. It could <balso maybe be like
<u>this</u>...</b>

to

This would be some <heading>Text</heading>. It could <balso maybe be
like <heading>this</heading>...</b>

I've been trying something like:

<xsl:template match="//b[u]">
...
</xsl:template>

with no success.

Could someone point me in the right direction?

To replace a <uthat is a child of a <bwith <heading>, you can use

<xsl:template match="u[parent::b]">
<heading>
<xsl:apply-templates select="node()"/>
</heading>
</xsl:template>

To remove a <bwhose only child is a <u>, you can add

<xsl:template match="//b[u and count(node()) = 1]">
<xsl:apply-templates select="node()"/>
</xsl:template>

You will have to adjust the select attributes of the apply-templates
if you want the attributes of the replaced elements to be attributes
of the output <headingelements.
These templates throw away the attributes of the replaced nodes.

Thanks for the reply Bolmarcich,

This works except that it places the new heading node in the wrong
place...
This is closer to what it actually looks like:

<notes>
<timestamp>
...
<content>
Here would be some <b><u>content...</u></b>
</content>
</timestamp>
<timestamp>
...
</timestamp>
</notes>

using your method results in:

<notes>
<timestamp>
...
<content>
<heading>content...</heading>
Here would be some <b><u>content...</u></b>
</content>
</timestamp>
<timestamp>
...
</timestamp>
</notes>

I would like the heading tag to actually replace the b and u tags...

I wish I knew more about XSLT to know the proper approach to this. Any
help is appreciated.

[A. Bolmarcich]

On 2006-10-20, gr************@gmail.com <gr************@gmail.comwrote:
[snip]

This works except that it places the new heading node in the wrong
place...
This is closer to what it actually looks like:

<notes>
<timestamp>
...
<content>
Here would be some <b><u>content...</u></b>
</content>
</timestamp>
<timestamp>
...
</timestamp>
</notes>

using your method results in:

<notes>
<timestamp>
...
<content>
<heading>content...</heading>
Here would be some <b><u>content...</u></b>
</content>
</timestamp>
<timestamp>
...
</timestamp>
</notes>

That is not the result that I get using xalan or saxon as the xlst
processor. Here are the files that I use.

input XML:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<notes>
<timestamp>
...
<content>
Here would be some <b><u>content...</u></b>
</content>
</timestamp>
<timestamp>
...
</timestamp>
</notes>
XSLT (with a copy template in addition to the templates I suggested):

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

<xsl:template match="@*|node()">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="u[parent::b]">
<heading>
<xsl:apply-templates select="node()"/>
</heading>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="//b[u and count(node()) = 1]">
<xsl:apply-templates select="node()"/>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>
output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><notes>
<timestamp>
...
<content>
Here would be some <heading>content...</heading>
</content>
</timestamp>
<timestamp>
...
</timestamp>
Please provide a complete example that demonstrates the problem.

In one template I may have followed what you gave in your original
posting too closly by using 'match="//b[u and count(node()) = 1]'.
It would be better to use 'match="b[u and count(node()) = 1]'.