XSLT: remove multiple elements having same child element content

[Johannes Koch]

How to remove multiple elements with the same child element content?

E.g. input:
<root>
<foo>
<bar>ABC</bar>
</foo>
<foo>
<bar>DEF</bar>
</foo>
<foo>
<bar>ABC</bar>
</foo>
<foo>
<bar>ABC</bar>
</foo>
</root>

The other foo elements with bar='ABC' should be removed.

output:
<root>
<foo>
<bar>ABC</bar>
</foo>
<foo>
<bar>DEF</bar>
</foo>
</root>
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Johannes Koch
In te domine speravi; non confundar in aeternum.
(Te Deum, 4th cent.)

[Martin Honnen]

Johannes Koch wrote:

How to remove multiple elements with the same child element content?

E.g. input:
<root>
<foo>
<bar>ABC</bar>
</foo>
<foo>
<bar>DEF</bar>
</foo>
<foo>
<bar>ABC</bar>
</foo>
<foo>
<bar>ABC</bar>
</foo>
</root>

The other foo elements with bar='ABC' should be removed.

output:
<root>
<foo>
<bar>ABC</bar>
</foo>
<foo>
<bar>DEF</bar>
</foo>
</root>

I think defining a key and using generate-id is one way:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version="1.0">

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

<xsl:key name="barKey" match="foo" use="bar" />

<xsl:template match="root">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="foo[generate-id(.) =
generate-id(key('barKey', ./bar))]" />
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

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

</xsl:stylesheet>
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Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/