Re: How to remove outer tag if present in XSLT

A simple XSLT 1.0 solution (using even Saxon 6.5.3 is OK :) ):

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="
http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
 <xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="yes"/>
 <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>

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

  <xsl:template
match="arbitrary-outer-tag-thats-valid/*[1][not(following-sibling::*)]">
     <xsl:apply-templates/>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Thanks,
Dimitre

On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 9:55b/AM Matt Van Voorhies mvanvoorhies@xxxxxxxxxxx
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xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
>                Hi folks,
>
>
>
>                               I have a hopefully simple question that I
> was unable to find a good answer for.  Ibm trying to convert some code we
> have that manipulates an XML structure (transforming to HTML output) and
> move it into the XSLT transform.
>
>
>
>                               Problem:  Given a specific XML tag, I need
> to remove the bcontaining paragraphb but only if itbs a single
containing
> paragraph tag.  Parsing using .NET Saxon 10.6 for transform.
>
>
>
>                               So for example, if I have the following XML
> structure b
>
>
>
>                               <arbitrary-outer-tag-thats-valid>
>                                     <p>Some content, probably a bunch of
> internal tags like H1, H2, LI, DIV, etc.  </p>
>                                     <p>More content, again, may have more
> stuff in it like an <p>Internal paragraph</p></p>
>                                     <p>stuff3</p>
>                         </ arbitrary-outer-tag-thats-valid >
>
>
>
>                         Running through the transform would produce:
>
>
>
>                         <arbitrary-outer-tag-thats-valid>
>                                     <p>Some content, probably a bunch of
> internal tags like H1, H2, LI, DIV, etc.  </p>
>                                     <p>More content, again, may have more
> stuff in it like an <p>Internal paragraph</p></p>
>                                     <p>stuff3</p>
>                         </ arbitrary-outer-tag-thats-valid >
>
>
>
>                         Since there is *not* an outer/containing
> paragraph tag.
>
>
>
>                         However, if the input was b
>
>
>
>                         <arbitrary-outer-tag-thats-valid>
>
> *<p>*
>                         <p>Some content, probably a bunch of internal
> tags like H1, H2, LI, DIV, etc.  </p>
>                         <p>More content, again, may have more stuff in it
> like an <p>Internal paragraph</p></p>
>                         <p>stuff3</p>
>
> *</p>*
> </ arbitrary-outer-tag-thats-valid >
>
>
>
>                Running through the transform would produce:
>
>
>
>                <arbitrary-outer-tag-thats-valid>
>                                     <p>Some content, probably a bunch of
> internal tags like H1, H2, LI, DIV, etc.  </p>
>                                     <p>More content, again, may have more
> stuff in it like an <p>Internal paragraph</p></p>
>                                     <p>stuff3</p>
>                         </ arbitrary-outer-tag-thats-valid >
>
>
>
>             Where the single, containing <p> tag was removed, but
> everything inside of it was retained exactly as it was.
>
>
>
>             Could someone help?
>
>
>
>             Thanks,
>
>                         Matt Van Voorhies
>
>                         mvanvoorhies@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
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>
>
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