Globally Delete all 6 level Paragraphs

[binar]

I am using OxygenXML Editor. I have an XML file which has a lot of nested "procedural step" tags that drill down six paragraph levels down. However, the BREX allows a maximum of 5 paragraph levels. Does OxygenXML Editor have a toolset that will allow me to GLOBALLY select all the 6 Level Paragraphs in the XML document so I can delete them all with a single touch to the DELETE button? Or does OxygenXML have a toolset that will allow me to filter the entire XML so it only displays 6 Paragraph Level ProceduralStep tagged data? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.

[chrispitude]

This should be straightforward. Could you post a minimal example with "before" and "after" XML content?

[binar]

Chris, thank you for your post. Below are BEFORE and AFTER examples of the operation I am seeking OxygenXML Editor to perform. It involves targeting all proceduralStep para Level 6 tags within an XML file so that they can easily be deleted. Any advice you can offer will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.

BEFORE proceduralStep para Level 6 tag Removal:

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<proceduralStep Id="Para0001">
	<para>Para Level 1</para>
	<proceduralStep Id="Para0002">
		<para>Para Level 2</para>
		<proceduralStep Id="Para0003">
			<para>Para Level 3</para>
			<proceduralStep Id="Para0004">
				<para>Para Level 4</para>
				<proceduralStep Id="Para0005">
					<para>Para Level 5</para>
					<proceduralStep Id="Para0006">
						<para>Para Level 6</para>
					</proceduralStep>
				</proceduralStep>
			</proceduralStep>
		</proceduralStep>
	</proceduralStep>
</proceduralStep>

AFTER proceduralStep para Level 6 tag Removal:

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<proceduralStep Id="Para0001">
	<para>Para Level 1</para>
	<proceduralStep Id="Para0002">
		<para>Para Level 2</para>
		<proceduralStep Id="Para0003">
			<para>Para Level 3</para>
			<proceduralStep Id="Para0004">
				<para>Para Level 4</para>
				<proceduralStep Id="Para0005">
					<para>Para Level 5</para>
				</proceduralStep>
			</proceduralStep>
		</proceduralStep>
	</proceduralStep>
</proceduralStep>

[chrispitude]

Hi binar,

Try running the Delete Element refactoring operation (Tools > XML Refactoring). For the Element pattern, use this:

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proceduralStep[count(ancestor::proceduralStep) >= 5]

In the Scope and Filters dialog, set the scope to what you want. For example, to run on all .xml files in a particular directory, you would first select that directory in the Project view, then you would set the scope to Selected project resources and the Include files filter to *.xml.

This deletes the elements completely. You could also unwrap the elements and keep the content if you want, using a different refactoring operation.

- Chris