Converting XML file to another XML file using XSLT

Question

XML file 1:

    
        House 
        

        

Answer 1

This transformation:

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
 xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
 <xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="yes"/>
 <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>

 <xsl:template match="node()|@*">
  <xsl:copy>
   <xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/>
  </xsl:copy>
 </xsl:template>

 <xsl:template match="address">
  <xsl:copy>
   <xsl:value-of select=
   "concat(streetNo, ' ', street, ',',
           suburb,',', state,', Australia')
   "/>
  </xsl:copy>
 </xsl:template>
 <xsl:template match="address/node()"/>
</xsl:stylesheet>

when applied on the provided XML document:

<rentalProperties>
    <property contact ="1">
        <type>House </type>
        <price>420</price>
        <address>
            <streetNo>1</streetNo>
            <street>Wavell Street</street>
            <suburb>Box Hill</suburb>
            <state>VIC</state>
            <zipcode>3128</zipcode>
        </address>
        <numberOfBedrooms>3</numberOfBedrooms>
        <numberOfBathrooms>1</numberOfBathrooms>
        <garage>1</garage>
    </property>
</rentalProperties>

produces the wanted, correct result:

<rentalProperties>
   <property contact="1">
      <type>House </type>
      <price>420</price>
      <address>1 Wavell Street,Box Hill,VIC, Australia</address>
      <numberOfBedrooms>3</numberOfBedrooms>
      <numberOfBathrooms>1</numberOfBathrooms>
      <garage>1</garage>
   </property>
</rentalProperties>

Explanation: Using and overriding the identity rule.

Answer 2

You could introduce a new template for the address block using

<xsl:template match="address">
    <xsl:value-of select="streetNo" />
    <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="street" />
    <xsl:text>,</xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="suburb" />
    <xsl:text>,</xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="state" />
    <xsl:text>,</xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="zipcode" />
</xsl:template>

and call it with

<xsl:apply-templates select="address" />

before the <numberOfBedrooms> element. This can also be done using the concat function, whereas the correct syntax I don't remember right now.

Answer 3

You can try something like:

<address>
    <xsl:for-each select="address/*">
       <xsl:value-of select="."/>, 
    </xsl:for-each>
    Australia
</address>

This loops over all the children of the address tag in xml1.

Answer 4

<rentalProperties>
    <property contact="1">
        <type>House </type>
        <price>420</price>
        <address>1 Wavell Street,Box Hill,VIC,3128</address>
        <numberOfBedrooms>3</numberOfBedrooms>
        <numberOfBathrooms>1</numberOfBathrooms> 
        <garage>1</garage>   
    </property>
</rentalProperties>