Re: "Simple" copy all and find and replace

Hi Kai,

> For my program I need XML-Files, where nodes like PHOTO, IMG, FOTO,
> BILD, BILDCHEN should be renamed with the name IMAGE and the
> original name should be saved as an attribute "oldname". The rest of
> the file should be the same. Just copy all and when the special
> nodes were found, rename them. I thought it would be really simple,
> but I tried some hours and had no good result. Maybe sombeody could
> help me.

You need to use the identity template, which copies a document
recursively:

<xsl:template match="node()|@*">
  <xsl:copy>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()" />
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

coupled with a template that does the renaming that you want:

<xsl:template match="PHOTO | IMG | FOTO | BILD | BILDCHEN">
  <IMAGE oldname="{local-name()}">
    <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()" />
  </IMAGE>
</xsl:template>

Whenever the processor comes across a <PHOTO>, <IMG> etc. element, it
will use the second of these templates, and create an <IMAGE> element
with an oldname attribute whose value is the name of the original
element. Whenever the processor comes across some other kind of node,
it will copy it and move on to its attributes and children. You can
add other templates to do other renaming as required.

Cheers,

Jeni

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