help please on namespaces

anthonym · October 28th, 2011, 06:24 AM

When i have the following xslt :

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<xsl:stylesheet
xmlns:glml="http://www.globallink.com/schemas/fxcng/glml/v67/extra"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:com="http://www.globallink.com/schemas/fxcng/glml/v67/common"
xmlns:mar="http://www.globallink.com/schemas/fxcng/glml/v67/market"
xmlns="http://http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"
xmlns:SOAP="net.sf.kernow.soapextension.SOAPExtens ion"
xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope"
version="1.0"
exclude-result-prefixes="xs">

<xsl:output method="xml" encoding="utf-8" indent="yes"/> 

<xsl:template match = "/">

<xsl:element name="SOAP-ENV:Envelope">
<xsl:attribute name ="xmlns:SOAP-ENV">
<xsl:value-of select= "http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"/>
</xsl:attribute>

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I get the following error message

C:\work\XSLT\test.xsl (23,9): error: Prefix 'xmlns' is not defined.
C:\work\XSLT\test.xsl (24,11): error: Expected end of the expression, found ':'.
http -->:<-- //www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelo...

please advise
thx

samjudson · October 28th, 2011, 06:31 AM

Use the xsl:element namespace attribute to assign a namespace to an element.

http://www.w3schools.com/xsl/el_element.asp

anthonym · October 28th, 2011, 06:36 AM

thanks for responser.. please an you clarify

element name = SOAP-ENV:Envelope
namespace = xmlns:SOAP-ENV
value = www..ws.......

how does this work?

anthonym · October 28th, 2011, 06:40 AM

This is what i want

SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
<! some stuff -->
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

anthonym · October 28th, 2011, 06:45 AM

no matter.. think i have cracked it.. thanks

mhkay · October 28th, 2011, 06:49 AM

Namespaces in the XSLT data model are not attributes, and they are not created using xsl:attribute.

You seem to know the name of the element you want to create statically, so just use a literal result element. Replace this:

Code:

<xsl:element name="SOAP-ENV:Envelope">
<xsl:attribute name ="xmlns:SOAP-ENV">
<xsl:value-of select= "http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"/>
</xsl:attribute>
...
</xsl:element>

with this:

Code:

<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
...
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

anthonym · October 28th, 2011, 06:59 AM

along the same theme...
how do i get the following output in xml from the transform

<ns:FXTradeVersion xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" ns0:mustUnderstand="1" xsi:type="xs:string" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ns0="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope" xmlns:ns="http://schemas.westpac.com.au/wib/icc/fx/service/tradenotification-1-0">1.0</ns:FXTradeVersion>

thank you

samjudson · October 28th, 2011, 07:03 AM

Just type it as you see it. Unless something in that XML relies on your input you can just type it straight it into the XSLT document.

If something does depend on your input XML then you would have to show us your input XML and how the output will depend on it.

anthonym · October 28th, 2011, 07:07 AM

<xsl:element name ="ns:FXTradeVersion xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" ns0:mustUnderstand="1" xsi:type="xs:string" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ns0="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope" xmlns:ns="http://schemas.westpac.com.au/wib/icc/fx/service/tradenotification-1-0" ">

like you suggested gives the following error

XmlException
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'http' is an unexpected token. Expecting white space. Line 29, position 59.

samjudson · October 28th, 2011, 07:12 AM

Forget xsl:element!

If you know the name of the element you want to create you just write it like you want to output it.

Code:

 
<xsl:template match = "/">
 
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
<ns:FXTradeVersion xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" ns0:mustUnderstand="1" xsi:type="xs:string" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ns0="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope" xmlns:ns="http://schemas.westpac.com.au/wib/icc/fx/service/tradenotification-1-0">1.0</ns:FXTradeVersion>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
 
</xsl:template>

This does kind of defeat the purpose of using XSLT, as doing anything other than outputting a static XML file, but it is certainly feasible.