merge multiple XML files using STAX parser

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I have multiple XML files.all nodes are similar. Please provide an example how to merge XML files using STAX Parser and apply a stylesheet on it.

i tried to achieve this requirement by style sheet.but later decided to use STAX parser because every time file names will change. — user2779221
– user2779221, Commented Oct 30, 2014 at 0:33

Martin Honnen · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-27 08:58:45Z

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If you want to apply XSLT to several XML documents then (with pure XSLT, I don't know about Stax) you can simply use the document function (XSLT 1.0 and 2.0) or the collection function (with XSLT 2.0) e.g.

<xsl:template match="/">
  <root>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="document('file1.xml')/* | document('file2.xml')/* | document('file3.xml')/*"/>
  </root>
</xsl:template>

then add templates matching the element names in the documents you want process.

answered Oct 27, 2014 at 8:58

Martin Honnen

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4 Comments

user2779221 Over a year ago

This works for fixed file names. but my use case is different, files names will change based on the job we are going to run.

Martin Honnen Over a year ago

If you use an XSLT 2.0 processor like Saxon 9 then you should be able to use the collection function to load files from a directory or folder. Let us know whether that is an option for you.

user2779221 Over a year ago

Thanks. It works for me .Please gimme complete example ,if possible.

rmarq423 Over a year ago

I'm performing a very similar action from what it sounds like the asker is doing... Curious as to how to approach this.

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