xslt output of all pupils not in the sports list

Question

Here are my files:

example.xml

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <bsp>
<numbers>
       <string>one</string>
       <string>two</string>
       <string>three</string>
       <string>one</string>
       <string>two</string>
       <string>four</string>
       <string>fife</string>
    </numbers>
</bsp>

complete.xml

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <bsp>
<first>
    <team>
       <member>one</member>
       <member>three</member>
    </team>
    </first>
    <second>
    <mems>
       <member>four</member>
       <member>five</member>    
    </mems>
    </second>
</bsp>

Output

All which are not in complete (exact match of the value of member and *stringÜ ). How to do that in xslt 2.0 with a huge file?

First we need access to the documents.

expected output

      <string>two</pupil>
      <string>two</pupil>
      <string>fife</string>

What are the ways to accomplish this, which is recommended? edit Example now more abstract...

Is the student identified by name in the data? If so the solution will be limited by potential namespace collisions. Two students both named "Bob Smith" for instance. — Jason Aller, Apr 14 '14 at 21:45
hmmm, it could be that we have Bob Smith in both files several times. I just wanna know, if one of the instances of "examples" is not part of "complete.xml". I rewrote the code more abstractly now. — user3500768, Apr 14 '14 at 22:16

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 14 '14 at 21:58

If you are processing pupils.xml the following should work

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="2.0">

    <xsl:output method="xml"/>

    <xsl:template match="/">
        <xsl:for-each select="school">
            <!-- to insert header for the school -->
            <xsl:for-each select="class">
                <!-- to insert header for the class -->
                <xsl:for-each select="pupil">
                    <xsl:if test="not(document('sports.xml')//member = .)">
                        <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
                    </xsl:if>
                </xsl:for-each>
            </xsl:for-each>
        </xsl:for-each>
    </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Where:

not( - get only those who don't match
document('sports.xml') from this file
//member who are enclosed in <member> at any depth
= .) who match the student we are processing.

I already edited my text, but your code worked. I can adjust it to my needs now. thx a lot. — user3500768, Apr 14 '14 at 22:28

xslt output of all pupils not in the sports list

1 Answers1