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Subject: RE: [xsl] Rename attributes and nodes maybe using variables
From: "Michael Kay" <mhk@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 14:19:53 +0100

You received several answers to your first enquiry on this subject. If
you didn't understand the answers, please explain where you are having
difficulty. You can't expect us to help you again without knowing why
the previous help was unhelpful!

Michael Kay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Kai Lienemann
> Sent: 09 July 2003 00:06
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [xsl] Rename attributes and nodes maybe using variables
> 
> 
> Hello again,
> 
> I'm not really fit in writing stylesheets but I need two for 
> my programme! The one must form the XML-File so, my plugin 
> can work with them, and the second has to undo the 
> transformation of the first.
> 
> Lets describe the first:
> 
> In the XML-File are nodes with the name "IMAGE" and the first 
> attribute should reflect the name and the second attribute 
> the location of the image. The name of these attribute is not 
> fix, but in the result the furst attribute should be named 
> "name" and the second "url" and the old name should be stored 
> in attribute so in the second transformation these attributes 
> get there old name. In other parts of the File are Nodes with 
> the node-name REGIONSET and the attribute "image". But in 
> this attribute "image" I need not the name, but the location 
> where I can find the file. So this attribute has to be 
> replaced with the url of the node IMAGE where the value of 
> the "image" and "name" are the same. (Maybe saving the url of 
> the images in variables with the name of the image should be 
> helpful) In the second stylesheet I want to undo this 
> replacing and so the original name should be stored in the 
> attribute "oldvalue". There can be more than one IMAGE-node 
> and in more than one  REGIONSET-nodes can be used the same 
> image. But at the first step of the transformation nodes like 
> PHOTO, BILDCHEN, IMG, FOTO should be renamed with the name 
> IMAGE and the old name should be stored in the attribute 
> "oldname" (I asked this some mails before but in this case it 
> is more difficult for me so I can't use it). All other nodes 
> and attributes should be copied and not changed!
> 
> Input-Example:
> 
> <Collection>
>     <PHOTOS>
>         <FOTO label="test1" place="/vol/pictures/test1.jpg"/>
>         <PHOTO name="test2" url="/vol/pictures/test2.jpg"/>
>         <BILDCHEN name="test3" url="/vol/pictures/test3.jpg"/>
>         <IMG name="test4" url="/vol/pictures/test4.jpg"/>
>         <IMAGE name="test5" url="/vol/pictures/test5.jpg"/>
>     </PHOTOS>
>     <REGIONSET image="test2">
>         <RECT x="10" y="20" z="50" h="70">
>         Cup
>         </RECT>
>         <RECT x="20" y="30" z="60" h="20">
>         Sword
>         </RECT>
>     </REGIONSET>
> </COLLECTION>
> 
> 
> Output Example:
> 
> <Collection>
>     <PHOTOS>
>         <IMAGE name="test1" url="/vol/pictures/test1.jpg" 
> oldname="FOTO" old_atr_name="label" old _atr_url="location"/>
>         <IMAGE  name="test2" 
> url="/vol/pictures/test2.jpg"oldname="PHOTO"/>
>         <IMAGE  name="test3" url="/vol/pictures/test3.jpg" 
> oldname="BILDCHEN"/>
>         <IMAGE  name="test4" url="/vol/pictures/test4.jpg" 
> oldname="IMG"/>
>         <IMAGE  name="test5" url="/vol/pictures/test5.jpg"/>
>     </PHOTOS>
>     <REGIONSET image="/vol/pictures/test2.jpg" oldvalue="test2">
>         <RECT x="10" y="20" z="50" h="70">
>         Cup
>         </RECT>
>         <RECT x="20" y="30" z="60" h="20">
>         Sword
>         </RECT>
>     </REGIONSET>
> </COLLECTION>
> 
> 
> The second stylesheet:
> 
> The second should undo all, the first stylesheet did. So 
> rename ever changed node and attribute with the original 
> stored name and value and delete the new created attributes.
> 
> I think it is really hard to write these stylesheets and I 
> don't know, if it is possible! So would be nice if anybody 
> could help me or give some hints so I can solve this problem. 
> I dont believe I could manage to solve this problem alone so 
> help would be very welcome!!!!
> 
> 
> 
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