xsl:include template with no default namespace causes xmlns=""
- by CraftyFella
Hi,
I've got a problem with xsl:include and default namespaces which is causing the final xml document contain nodes with the xmlns=""
In this synario I have 1 source document which is Plain Old XML and doesn't have a namespace:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SourceDoc>
<Description>Hello I'm the source description</Description>
<Description>Hello I'm the source description 2</Description>
<Description/>
<Title>Hello I'm the title</Title>
</SourceDoc>
This document is transformed into 2 different xml documents each with their own default namespace.
First Document:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<OutputDocType1 xmlns="http://MadeupNS1">
<Description >Hello I'm the source description</Description>
<Description>Hello I'm the source description 2</Description>
<Title>Hello I'm the title</Title>
</OutputDocType1>
Second Document:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<OutputDocType2 xmlns="http://MadeupNS2">
<Description>Hello I'm the source description</Description>
<Description>Hello I'm the source description 2</Description>
<DocTitle>Hello I'm the title</DocTitle>
</OutputDocType2>
I want to be able to re-use the template for descriptions in both of the transforms. As it's the same logic for both types of document. To do this I created a template file which was *xsl:include*d in the other 2 transformations:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output indent="yes" method="xml"/>
<xsl:template match="Description[. != '']">
<Description>
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</Description>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Now the problem here is that this shared transformation can't have a default Namespace as it will be different depending on which of the calling transformations calls it.
E.g. for First Document Transformation:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output indent="yes" method="xml"/>
<xsl:template match="SourceDoc">
<OutputDocType1 xmlns="http://MadeupNS1">
<xsl:apply-templates select="Description"/>
<xsl:if test="Title">
<Title>
<xsl:value-of select="Title"/>
</Title>
</xsl:if>
</OutputDocType1>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:include href="Template.xsl"/>
</xsl:stylesheet>
This actually outputs it as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<OutputDocType1 xmlns="http://MadeupNS1">
<Description xmlns="">Hello I'm the source description</Description>
<Description xmlns="">Hello I'm the source description 2</Description>
<Title>Hello I'm the title</Title>
</OutputDocType1>
Here is the problem. On the description Lines I get an xmlns=""
Does anyone know how to solve this issue?
Thanks
Dave
