Re: Identity Transform with special grouping

My xslt looks for the expected out

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
<xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes"  indent="yes"
encoding="UTF-8" />

<!--NO change here is expected, because node names are dynamic in nature-->
<xsl:template match="node() | @*">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="node()| @*"/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="header/section[position()&lt; 2]">
      <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="section">
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

My expected output is
<event>
<note>
</note>
<note>
</note>
<header>
<sections>
<section>
<para1>test</para1>
<para1>test</para1>
</section>
</sections>
</header>
<payload>
<elements/>
</payload>
</event>

<xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes"  indent="yes"
encoding="UTF-8" />
<xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>

<!--NO change here is expected, because node names are dynamic in nature-->
<xsl:template match="node() | @*">
  <xsl:copy>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="node()| @*"/>
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="header/section[position() &lt; $n]" >
   <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
</xsl:template>

	Martin Honnen
	http://msmvps.com/blogs/martin_honnen/