How to convert one XML file into another using XSLT?

Question

How to transform this XML file:

<file>
  <text ID="201" date="2014-05-04">
    <user_name>user_11</user_name>
    <message> HELLO </message>
  </text>
</file>

into this XML file by using XSLT 1.0:

<doc>
  <user name="user_11">
    <text id="201" date="2014-05-04"> HELLO </text> 
  </user>
</doc>

Also if you have any resources on the subject, please post because I have a lot more of XSLT file to code. thanks

I have rolled back your question to its original form, otherwise the answers do not make sense. — michael.hor257k
– michael.hor257k, Commented Jul 5, 2014 at 15:50

michael.hor257k · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-28 21:33:37Z

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

<xsl:template match="/">
    <doc>
        <xsl:for-each select="file/text">
            <user name="{user_name}">
                <text id="{@ID}" date="{@date}">
                    <xsl:value-of select="message" />
                </text> 
            </user>
        </xsl:for-each>
    </doc>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

edited Jul 28, 2014 at 21:33

answered Jun 29, 2014 at 16:50

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invernomuto · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-29 15:29:38Z

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I assume you have a files container in your XML, anyway you are looking for something like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

<xsl:template match="/">
  <docs>
    <xsl:for-each select="files/file">
      <xsl:element name="doc">
        <xsl:element name="text">
         <xsl:attribute name="name">
          <xsl:value-of select="text/user_name" />
         </xsl:attribute>  
          <xsl:element name="text">
           <xsl:attribute name="id">
            <xsl:value-of select="text/@ID" />
           </xsl:attribute> 
           <xsl:attribute name="date">
            <xsl:value-of select="text/@date" />
           </xsl:attribute> 
           <xsl:value-of select="text/message" />
          </xsl:element>
        </xsl:element>      
      </xsl:element>       
    </xsl:for-each>
  </docs>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

answered Jun 29, 2014 at 15:29

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michael.hor257k Over a year ago

XSLT is verbose, but it doesn't need to be that verbose. You can output literal elements by writing them directly to the result tree, and you can use the attribute value template to shorten your code. w3.org/TR/xslt/#section-Creating-Elements-and-Attributes

invernomuto Over a year ago

@michael.hor257k please post your answer, I'd like to see what do you intend

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