Copy all with an element exception

DerbyNeal · July 25th, 2017, 08:41 AM

Hi,

This is my first posting on this site and hopefully I've understood the posting requirements correctly. My XML example below is a small extract of a more complicated file. I need to copy the XML via XSLT except for 1 element (StoreNumber) that is based on other factors.

XML example:

Code:

<Store>
	<StoreHeader>
		<StoreNumber>1234</StoreNumber>
		<StoreCountry>AUS</StoreCountry>
	</StoreHeader>
	<Transaction>
		<Item>12123</Item>
		<Code>02341CD</Code>
		<Sale>-10.000</Sale>
		<Date>2017-04-20</Date>
	</Transaction>
	<Transaction>
		<Item>17652</Item>
		<Code>02342CH</Code>
		<Sale>-50.000</Sale>
		<Date>2017-04-20</Date>
	</Transaction>
	<Transaction>
		<Item>00947</Item>
		<Code>02343CD</Code>
		<Sale>-50.000</Sale>
		<Date>2017-04-20</Date>
	</Transaction>
	<Transaction>
		<Item>16467</Item>
		<Code>02344CD</Code>
		<Sale>-79.000</Sale>
		<Date>2017-04-20</Date>
	</Transaction>
	<Transaction>
		<Item>01184</Item>
		<Code>02345CH</Code>
		<Sale>-7.000</Sale>
		<Date>2017-04-20</Date>
	</Transaction>
</Store>

Exception Rules:

A.
If ALL ‘Sale’ elements have a negative value (a ‘-‘ prefix) then the StoreNumber value must change to 1234#1

Code:

<StoreNumber>1234#1</StoreNumber>

B.
If the value of the ‘StoreCountry’ element is ‘AUS’ then the StoreNumber value must change to 1234AUS

Code:

<StoreNumber>1234AUS</StoreNumber>

C.
If ALL ‘Sale’ elements have a negative value AND the ‘StoreCountry’ value is ‘AUS’ then the StoreNumber value should be 1234#1AUS

Code:

<StoreNumber>1234#1AUS</StoreNumber>

Otherwise the StoreNumber value remains the same.

My 2 basic XSLT approaches:

1

Code:

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

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

    <!-- Identity template : copy all text nodes, elements and attributes -->   
    <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
        <xsl:copy>
            <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()" />
        </xsl:copy>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:when test="name()='StoreNumber'">
		
		<!-- Code needed  -->
		
    </xsl:when>

</xsl:stylesheet>

OR

2

Code:

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
	<xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" indent="yes" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>
	
  <xsl:template match="*">
	  <xsl:choose>
		<xsl:when test="name()='StoreNumber'">
			<xsl:element name="StoreNumber">
				
				<!-- Code needed  -->
				
			</xsl:element>
		</xsl:when>
		<xsl:otherwise>
			<!-- -->
			<xsl:call-template name="copy"/>
			<!-- -->
		</xsl:otherwise>
	</xsl:choose>
  </xsl:template>
  
  <!-- Copy an element and all of its attributes  -->
  <xsl:template name="copy">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:for-each select="@*">
        <xsl:copy/>
      </xsl:for-each>
      <xsl:apply-templates/>
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>
  
</xsl:stylesheet>

In this example the XML output needs to be similar to the original file with the one exception (StoreNumber):

XML output file

Code:

<Store>
	<StoreHeader>
		<StoreNumber>1234#1AUS</StoreNumber>
		<StoreCountry>AUS</StoreCountry>
	</StoreHeader>
	<Transaction>
		<Item>12123</Item>
		<Code>02341CD</Code>
		<Sale>-10.000</Sale>
		<Date>2017-04-20</Date>
	</Transaction>
	<Transaction>
		<Item>17652</Item>
		<Code>02342CH</Code>
		<Sale>-50.000</Sale>
		<Date>2017-04-20</Date>
	</Transaction>
	<Transaction>
		<Item>00947</Item>
		<Code>02343CD</Code>
		<Sale>-50.000</Sale>
		<Date>2017-04-20</Date>
	</Transaction>
	<Transaction>
		<Item>16467</Item>
		<Code>02344CD</Code>
		<Sale>-79.000</Sale>
		<Date>2017-04-20</Date>
	</Transaction>
	<Transaction>
		<Item>01184</Item>
		<Code>02345CH</Code>
		<Sale>-7.000</Sale>
		<Date>2017-04-20</Date>
	</Transaction>
</Store>

Maybe my approach is incorrect but I don’t know how to access other elements during the name()=’StoreNumber’ condition (I have also tried a recursive template). Is it possible to use the exception rule here or do I need to transform the whole XML? Can anyone assist please?

Again, my XML is a simplified example consisting of many other elements.

Thanks in advance,

mhkay · July 25th, 2017, 09:58 AM

You're almost there. You need an identity template rules that by default copies things unchanged. Then you add higher-priority template rules for any exceptions. For example, to delete StoreNumber you would add the rule

Code:

<xsl:template match="StoreNumber"/>

Your other rules translate directly to template rules in the same way, but with more complex patterns. For example

If the value of the âStoreCountryâ element is âAUSâ then the StoreNumber value must change to 1234AUS

becomes

Code:

<xsl:template match="StoreNumber[../StoreCountry='AUS']">
  <StoreNumber>1234AUS</StoreNumber>
</xsl:template>

and

If ALL âSaleâ elements have a negative value (a â-â prefix) then the StoreNumber value must change to 1234#1

becomes

Code:

<xsl:template match="StoreNumber[not(//Sale[number(.)>=0])]">
  <StoreNumber>1234#1</StoreNumber>
</xsl:template>

You may need to add priority attributes to indicate which rule takes precedence when more than one applies.