XSL: Convert input xml to an attribute value

Question

How to convert an input XML to an attribute value of another XML using XSL?

Input XML:

<Order OrderNo="1" />

Output XML:

<NewXML Input="<Order OrderNo="1" />" />

I need the input XML to be converted as a string and stored in an attribute value in the output XML.

You want to do an XSLT transform. What have you tried? Tools like freeformatter.com/xsl-transformer.html might help you get started. — user1531971
– user1531971, Commented Feb 13, 2018 at 14:51
Your question is not entirely clear. What should the output XML look like exactly? And what part of the input XML do you want to see in it? — wasmachien
– wasmachien, Commented Feb 13, 2018 at 14:53
@wasmachien - I have edited the previous post to show exactly how the output xml should look like — Stan
– Stan, Commented Feb 13, 2018 at 17:20
@jdv - I have done other XSL conversions earlier, but i dont have a clue to convert the whole input XML to an attribute value of output XML. — Stan
– Stan, Commented Feb 13, 2018 at 17:22
@Stan are you sure that's what you want? Because that is invalid XML. — wasmachien
– wasmachien, Commented Feb 13, 2018 at 17:23

wasmachien · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-13 17:43:08Z

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Converting an XML node to a string doesn't really make sense, and I'm pretty sure there is an easier way to do whatever you are trying to do. But here is a slightly dirty way to do it, which will convert elements and their attributes:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:output method="xml" encoding="UTF-8" indent="yes" />
  <xsl:template match="Order">
        <NewXML>
            <xsl:attribute name="Input">
              <xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="element-to-string"/>
            </xsl:attribute>
        </NewXML>
  </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="*" mode="element-to-string">
        <xsl:text>&lt;</xsl:text>
        <xsl:value-of select="name()"/>
        <xsl:for-each select="@*">
            <xsl:value-of select="concat(' ', name(), '=&quot;', ., '&quot;')"/>
        </xsl:for-each>     
        <xsl:text>&gt;</xsl:text>
    </xsl:template>

  </xsl:stylesheet>

edited Feb 13, 2018 at 17:43

answered Feb 13, 2018 at 14:53

wasmachien

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Stan Over a year ago

This seems to be working in online converter. Let me test it in my system and will let you know. It will be awesome if it works. Thanks.

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