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Transforming <a.b.c>...</a.b.c> to <a><b><c>...</c></b></a>
can be done as:
<xsl:template match="*[contains(name(), '.')]">
<xsl:element name="{substring-before(name(), '.')}">
<xsl:variable name="temp">
<xsl:element name="{substring-after(name(), '.')}">
<xsl:copy-of select="@*|node()"/>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:apply-templates select="xx:node-set($temp)"/>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="*">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
where xx:node-set() uses the specific XSLT vendor's xx namespace.
Not tested.
Note that XSLT coding questions are best asked on the xsl-list at
mulberrytech.com
Michael Kay
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Loh Yoon Chao [mailto:yoonchao@starhub.net.sg]
> Sent: 10 February 2004 09:45
> To: michael.h.kay@ntlworld.com; xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> Subject: RE: [xml-dev] Existing libraries/mechanisms for
> alphabetically sorting and formatting XML files
>
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> Could you give some pointers? I am really new at this. Thanks.
>
> Peter
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Kay [mailto:michael.h.kay@ntlworld.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 5:29 PM
> > To: 'Peter Loh Yoon Chao'; xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> > Subject: RE: [xml-dev] Existing libraries/mechanisms for
> > alphabetically sorting and formatting XML files
> >
> >
> > I don't think you'll find an off-the-shelf solution
> (structured tags
> > like <a.b.c> are pretty weird) but it's not difficult to
> express this
> > transformation in XSLT, especially if you split it into two phases.
> >
> > Michael Kay
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Peter Loh Yoon Chao [mailto:yoonchao@starhub.net.sg]
> > > Sent: 10 February 2004 01:51
> > > To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> > > Subject: [xml-dev] Existing libraries/mechanisms for
> > > alphabetically sorting and formatting XML files
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I currently have XML files with a flat key-value structure
> > > and the elements are unsorted and without proper formatting, e.g.
> > >
> > > <main>
> > > <e.f.g>
> > > <value xml:lang="en">data 2</value>
> > > </e.f.g>
> > > <a.b.c>
> > > <value xml:lang="en">data 1</value>
> > > </a.b.c>
> > > ...
> > > </main>
> > >
> > > Are there any existing libraries or mechanisms to do the
> following?
> > > - convert the file structure into a hierarchical tree structure
> > > - alphabetically sorting the individual elements at each level
> > > - indent the individual nodes properly in the resulting XML file
> > >
> > > The resulting XML file should look something like the following:
> > >
> > > <main>
> > > <a>
> > > <b>
> > > <c>
> > > <value xml:lang="en">data 1</value>
> > > </c>
> > > </b>
> > > </a>
> > > <e>
> > > <f>
> > > <g>
> > > <value xml:lang="en">data 2</value>
> > > </g>
> > > </f>
> > > </e>
> > > ...
> > > </main>
> > >
> > > I would rather not reinvent the wheel if there are existing
> > > libraries/mechanisms to do this sort of thing. Thanks in
> > > advance for any input.
> > >
> > > Peter
> > >
> > >
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