RE: Problem in replacing XML namespace using XSLT

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Krishna Gopal Binyala [mailto:kgbinyala@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 17 December 2009 09:56
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Problem in replacing XML namespace using XSLT
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I need to just replace the XML namespace using XSLT. My input 
> XML looks like as follows. I just want to replace 
> "oldNameSpace" with "newNameSpace" and rest of XML want as it is..
> 
> [CODE]<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
> <soapenv:Envelope 
> xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
> 	xmlns:impl="oldNameSpace" 
> xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
> 	<soapenv:Body>
> 		<impl:requestData
> 			xmlns:impl="oldNameSpace">
> 			<xmlString 
> ChangeDate="2008-12-18T14:47:11.773+01:00"
> 				IdentificationNumber="WDDKJ5GBXAF000229"
> 				OrderNumber="08 295 70821"
> 				ProductionNumber="1700158">
> 				<ServiceTool 
> ExecutionTime="2008-12-18T14:47:11.773+01:00"
> 					UserID="kris" Version="1.1.1" />
> 			</xmlString>
> 		</impl:requestData>
> 	</soapenv:Body>
> </soapenv:Envelope>[/CODE]
> 
> I tried with following XSL
> 
> [CODE]<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <xsl:stylesheet 
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
> 	xmlns:source="oldNameSpace" xmlns:desti="newNameSPace" 
> xmlns="newNameSPace"
> 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
> version="2.0">
> 	<xsl:output method="xml" encoding="iso-8859-1" indent="yes" />
> 
> 
> 	<xsl:template match="source:*">
> 		<xsl:element name="{name()}" namespace="newNameSPace">
> 			<xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()" />
> 		</xsl:element>
> 	</xsl:template>
> 
> 	<xsl:template match="@*|node()">
> 		<xsl:copy>
> 			<xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()" />
> 		</xsl:copy>
> 	</xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>[/CODE]
> 
> but it is not giving the desired results...it is giving the 
> following results.
> 
> [CODE]
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <soapenv:Envelope 
> xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
> xmlns:impl="oldNameSpace"
> xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
> 	<soapenv:Body>
> 		<impl:requestData xmlns:impl="newNameSPace">
> 			<xmlString xmlns:impl="oldNameSpace"
> ChangeDate="2008-12-18T14:47:11.773+01:00"
> IdentificationNumber="WDDKJ5GBXAF000229" OrderNumber="08 295 70821"
> ProductionNumber="1700158">
> 				<ServiceTool 
> ExecutionTime="2008-12-18T14:47:11.773+01:00"
> UserID="kris" Version="1.1.1"/>
> 			</xmlString>
> 		</impl:requestData>
> 	</soapenv:Body>
> </soapenv:Envelope>
> 
> [/CODE]
> 
> problem with the above is that -- "<xmlString 
> xmlns:impl="oldNameSpace"  is still showing the "oldNameSpace" only..
> where as there was no namespace for that element in the input
> 
> Anyone can help in this ....
> Thanks a lot.
> 
> ---Krishna