How to add attribute to XML using xchange

Question

Suppose I have the following XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<foo xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="pathto/xsd/meta.xsd">
    <baar name="metaName"></baar>
</foo>

How to add attribute visible="false" to the node <baar>?

I tried the following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<xchange xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="pathto/xsd/xchange.xsd" location="@super">     
    <insert xpath="/foo/baar/@visible" visible="false">  
    </insert>  
</xchange>

But it does not work.

You should state what xchange is because it's not well-known, and XPath alone does not manipulate XML; it selects from XML. — kjhughes
– kjhughes, Commented Feb 2, 2016 at 12:46

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:30:59Z

0

you can do it with XSLT

<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="/foo/baar">
        <baar visible="false">
            <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
        </baar>
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Here is the explanation adding attribute to the node

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:30

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answered Feb 2, 2016 at 12:17

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2 Comments

user1167753 Over a year ago

hmmm in the project, is exchange / xpath is using and not xslt

user4209634 Over a year ago

As @kjhughes says, you should explain what xchange is. XPath is a syntax to refer to elements in a XML document and does not manipulate XML.

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