Re: Does <xsl:copy> use a lot of memory? Is there an

<x>
   <b id="i1">aaa</b>
   <b idref="i1"/>
   <b id="i2">kkk <c idref="i3"/></b>
   <b> aaa <c idref="i2"/></b>
   <b id="i3"> aaa <c idref="i2"/></b>
</x>

<xsl:template match="*">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:copy-of select="@* except @idref"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="@idref,node()"/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="@idref">
<xsl:param name="seen" tunnel="yes"/>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test=".=$seen"><xsl:copy-of select="."/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:apply-templates select="key('id',.)">
<xsl:with-param name="seen" select="$seen,string(.)" tunnel="yes"/>
</xsl:apply-templates>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>

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