Remove empty element

fixit · October 5th, 2009, 02:56 PM

I have a few elements that I need to remove if they have no value. I want to specify the names (test the name) of the elements in order to remove them. I do not want an across the board sweep to remove all elements without values. How can I remove MyElement, below?

The element could be prefixed with the namespace or not, as follows:

Code:

<ns:MyElement/>

<MyElement/>

mrame · October 6th, 2009, 01:05 AM

Try the below:

mhkay · October 6th, 2009, 04:06 AM

Write a stylesheet that uses an identity template to copy most nodes, and an empty template to delete the others:

Code:

<xsl:template match="*">
  <xsl:copy>
    <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
    <xsl:apply-templates/>
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="element-t0-be-deleted[not(child::node())]"/>

fixit · October 6th, 2009, 04:54 PM

Conversely, how can I remove an element that starts with a certain value, such as a letter 'N' ?

Thanks,

Martin Honnen · October 7th, 2009, 06:20 AM

Does the element name start with that letter? Or the contents of the element?
If is the contents of the element then do e.g.

Code:

<xsl:template match="*[starts-with(., 'N')]"/>