Cannot add namespace prefix to children using XSL
- by Erdal
I checked many answers here and I think I am almost there. One thing that is bugging me (and for some reason my peer needs it) follows:
I have the following input XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<MyRoot>
<MyRequest CompletionCode="0" CustomerID="9999999999"/>
<List TotalList="1">
<Order CustomerID="999999999" OrderNo="0000000001" Status="Shipped">
<BillToAddress ZipCode="22221"/>
<ShipToAddress ZipCode="22222"/>
<Totals Tax="0.50" SubTotal="10.00" Shipping="4.95"/>
</Order>
</List>
<Errors/>
</MyRoot>
I was asked to produce this:
<ns:MyNewRoot xmlns:ns="http://schemas.foo.com/response"
xmlns:N1="http://schemas.foo.com/request"
xmlns:N2="http://schemas.foo.com/details">
<N1:MyRequest CompletionCode="0" CustomerID="9999999999"/>
<ns:List TotalList="1">
<N2:Order CustomerID="999999999" Level="Preferred" Status="Shipped">
<N2:BillToAddress ZipCode="22221"/>
<N2:ShipToAddress ZipCode="22222"/>
<N2:Totals Tax="0.50" SubTotal="10.00" Shipping="4.95"/>
</N2:Order>
</ns:List>
<ns:Errors/>
</ns:MyNewRoot>
Note the children of the N2:Order also needs N2: prefix as well as the ns: prefix for the rest of the elements.
I use the XSL transformation below:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="@* | node()">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="@* | node()"/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="/MyRoot">
<MyNewRoot xmlns="http://schemas.foo.com/response"
xmlns:N1="http://schemas.foo.com/request"
xmlns:N2="http://schemas.foo.com/details">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</MyNewRoot>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="/MyRoot/MyRequest">
<xsl:element name="N1:{name()}" namespace="http://schemas.foo.com/request">
<xsl:copy-of select="namespace::*"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="@* | node()"/>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="/MyRoot/List/Order">
<xsl:element name="N2:{name()}" namespace="http://schemas.foo.com/details">
<xsl:copy-of select="namespace::*"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="@* | node()"/>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
This one doesn't process the ns (I couldn't figure this out). When I process thru the above the XSL transformation with AltovaXML I end up with below:
<MyNewRoot xmlns="http://schemas.foo.com/response"
xmlns:N1="http://schemas.foo.com/request"
xmlns:N2="http://schemas.foo.com/details">
<N1:MyRequest CompletionCode="0" CustomerID="9999999999"/>
<List xmlns="" TotalList="1">
<N2:Order CustomerID="999999999" Level="Preferred" Status="Shipped">
<BillToAddress ZipCode="22221"/>
<ShipToAddress ZipCode="22222"/>
<Totals Tax="0.50" SubTotal="10.00" Shipping="4.95"/>
</N2:Order>
</List>
<Errors/>
</MyNewRoot>
Note that N2: prefix for the children of Order is not there after the XSL transformation. Also additional xmlns="" in the Order header (for some reason). I couldn't figure out putting the ns: prefix for the rest of the elements (like Errors and List).
First of all, why would I need to put the prefix for the children if the parent already has it. Doesn't the parent namespace dictate the children nodes/attribute namespaces?
Secondly, I want to add the prefixes in the above XML as expected, how can I do that with XSL?
