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Answer 1

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XSL is a language that will transform one XML dialect to another.

Part of that is selecting which nodes to use as source and deciding on output - different elements, attributes etc.

So, XSL could be the right choice for you in regards to both requirement.

However, you might find that using an XML parser, iterating over nodes and adding details directly may work for you better.

It is hard to tell from the simple example you gave, as both approaches will work fine. If you need wholesale transformation, XSL is definitely the way to go.

Oded 2010-08-30 10:21:33

"XSL is a language that will transform one XML dialect to another." while often used for this, using XSLT you can transform XML into another format, but this doesn't have to be XML. It could be plain text for example, or HTML, or even something else.

Rob 2010-08-31 09:23:20

@Rob - true enough. I have used it to transform XML into CSV in the past.

Oded 2010-08-31 09:25:02

Answer 2

+1 A:

This stylesheet:

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"&gt;
    <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
        <xsl:copy>
            <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
        </xsl:copy>
    </xsl:template>
    <xsl:template match="source"/>
    <xsl:template match="target/text()[.='option 6']">
        <span class="myclass">
            <xsl:value-of select="."/>
        </span>
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

With this input:

<root>
    <trans-unit id="70" restype="x-text:p">
        <source xml:lang="en-en">option 4</source>
        <target xml:lang="fr-fr">option 4</target>
    </trans-unit>
    <trans-unit id="71" restype="x-text:p">
        <source xml:lang="en-en">option 5</source>
        <target xml:lang="fr-fr">option 5</target>
    </trans-unit>
    <trans-unit id="72" restype="x-text:p">
        <source xml:lang="en-en">option 6</source>
        <target xml:lang="fr-fr">option 6</target>
    </trans-unit>
</root>

Output:

<root>
    <trans-unit id="70" restype="x-text:p">
        <target xml:lang="fr-fr">option 4</target>
    </trans-unit>
    <trans-unit id="71" restype="x-text:p">
        <target xml:lang="fr-fr">option 5</target>
    </trans-unit>
    <trans-unit id="72" restype="x-text:p">
        <target xml:lang="fr-fr">
            <span class="myclass">option 6</span>
        </target>
    </trans-unit>
</root>

Alejandro 2010-08-30 14:08:31

I updated the question in response to this...

NinjaCat 2010-08-30 15:00:41

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