XSLT for dynamic tag passed from Java Program

Question

My requirement is to do a XML A to XML B transformation. The Tag in which I read from XML A should be configurable, it is a kind of iteartion of lists. If there is any new tag present in XML A, it should be dealt by adding entries in configuration file for Java and programatically which in turn should be reflected in XSLT and transformed to XML B.

I'm using Java. Is it possible by passing parameters? as my requirement need the parameters are passed in a loop or a List.

I'm new to XSLT and any info link on this would be very much appreciated.

Source XML - There can be more like yearly, weekly etc here

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<Report>
    <Daily>
        <input>1234</input>
    </Daily>
    <Monthly>
        <input>8678</input>
    </Monthly>  
</Report>

Target XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<Report>
    <Value>
        <Attribute>
            <name>Daily</name>
            <values>1234</values>
        </Attribute>
        <Attribute>
            <name>Monthly</name>
            <values>8678</values>
        </Attribute>
    </Value>
</Report>

Can you provide an example or A which you want to get to B and example of B .. — Kenneth Clark, Aug 25 '14 at 13:16
Disagree. This question is not asking for any external resource, it defines a clear target, and asking for help how to get to the solution. Obviously OP had no information about some features like `name()` function, otherwise it complies all SO standards. — gaborsch, Aug 26 '14 at 12:26

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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You can use the name() or the local-name() function for the currently selected node.

See how to selecting current element name in XSLT

Here's the sketch of the code:

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
    <xsl:template match="/Report/">
        <Value>
        <xsl:for-each select="*">
            <Attribute>
                <name>
                    <xsl:value-of select="name()"/>
                </name>
                <values>
                    <xsl:value-of select="./input"/>
                </values>
            </Attribute>
        </xsl:for-each>
        </Value>
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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answered Aug 25 '14 at 13:47

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How does this answer the question? It's not about finding the name of the context item. – Mathias Müller Aug 25 '14 at 14:57
@MathiasMüller OP wants to transform `` into `Daily`. He needs to detect the current node name, and use it in an `` tag. – gaborsch Aug 25 '14 at 15:43
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Retracted my downvote. Since you edited your answer, it makes a lot of sense. – Mathias Müller Aug 25 '14 at 21:47
@GaborSch Thanks for your solution. But this is not working as expected. can u please explain on this – Benny R Aug 26 '14 at 12:13
You need to create a `` tag around your xml tags. Then it will work. As you know, in XML you can have only one root node, all other must be child nodes to that node. – gaborsch Aug 26 '14 at 12:20
I updated the code to fully match your source and target XML. – gaborsch Aug 26 '14 at 13:09

XSLT for dynamic tag passed from Java Program

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