to remove namespace prefix form input xml using xslt

robin_stringss · May 17th, 2009, 03:27 AM

I want to remove namespace prefix form input xml using xslt

Namespace prefix "UDF" in red Color to be removed.

original Code :
<TALLYMESSAGE xmlns:UDF="TallyUDF">
<VOUCHER REMOTEID="9fe354a2-e3b9-4440-93dc-2cb1f7c434a7-0000000f" VCHTYPE="Sales" ACTION="Create">
<ALLINVENTORYENTRIES.LIST>
<EXCISEALLOCATIONS.LIST>
<UDF:TRADERMFGREXCISEQTYDMK.LIST DESC="`TraderMfgrExciseQtyDMK`" ISLIST="YES" TYPE="Amount">
<UDF:TRADERMFGREXCISEQTYDMK DESC="`TraderMfgrExciseQtyDMK`">19821345.00</UDF:TRADERMFGREXCISEQTYDMK>
</UDF:TRADERMFGREXCISEQTYDMK.LIST>
</EXCISEALLOCATIONS.LIST>
</ALLINVENTORYENTRIES.LIST>
</vOUCHER>
</TALLYMESSAGE>

EXPECTED OUTPUT :
<TALLYMESSAGE xmlns:UDF="TallyUDF">
<VOUCHER REMOTEID="9fe354a2-e3b9-4440-93dc-2cb1f7c434a7-0000000f" VCHTYPE="Sales" ACTION="Create">
<ALLINVENTORYENTRIES.LIST>
<EXCISEALLOCATIONS.LIST>
<TRADERMFGREXCISEQTYDMK.LIST DESC="`TraderMfgrExciseQtyDMK`" ISLIST="YES" TYPE="Amount">
<TRADERMFGREXCISEQTYDMK DESC="`TraderMfgrExciseQtyDMK`">19821345.00</TRADERMFGREXCISEQTYDMK>
</TRADERMFGREXCISEQTYDMK.LIST>
</EXCISEALLOCATIONS.LIST>
</ALLINVENTORYENTRIES.LIST>
</vOUCHER>
</TALLYMESSAGE>

I Tried this code:

<xsl:template match="*">
<xsl:element name="local-name()">
<xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:template>

I also tried this code
<xsl:template match="*">
<xsl:element name="{local-name()}">
<xsl:apply-templates select="@* | node()"/>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:template>

But no changes in output

THANKS & REGARDS

joefawcett · May 17th, 2009, 04:22 AM

Your transform is almost there but the name attribute of xsl:element expects a literal string so to use a dynamic path you need to surround it with curly braces:

Code:


<xsl:elementname="{local-name()}" >

May I ask why you need this transformation? The request to change an element by removing its namespace is ususally a sign of problems elsewhere.

robin_stringss · May 17th, 2009, 06:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joefawcett

Your transform is almost there but the name attribute of xsl:element expects a literal string so to use a dynamic path you need to surround it with curly braces:

Code:


<xsl:elementname="{local-name()}" >

May I ask why you need this transformation? The request to change an element by removing its namespace is ususally a sign of problems elsewhere.

Thanks for immediate reply friend

I tried with what you said about curly braces
But I get the same error as :
Failed to Load SourceXML to DOM: Reference to undeclared namespace prefix: 'UDF'.
Line 198, Position 96

but if I remove maually UDF: name space prefix then it works fine with my application

I require this tansformation for convertion of Voucher Type form One company to Other in Tally Software (an Accounting package)

Tanks & Regards

joefawcett · May 17th, 2009, 06:50 AM

That error message suggests a problem with the way you load the original document, not the transformation itself. Can you show a summary of your code and indicate what environment you are using?

Martin Honnen · May 17th, 2009, 06:50 AM

Well that error seems to come from the XML parser, no from the XSLT processor. The source XML does not seem to be namespace well-formed.