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copied!<p><strong>This transformation</strong>:</p> <pre><code><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="product|*[starts-with(name(), 'item')]"> <action> <xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/> </action> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="product/@id"/> </xsl:stylesheet> </code></pre> <p><strong>when applied on the provided XML document</strong>:</p> <pre><code><root> <item1> <name>test</name> <price>160</price> <stock>4</stock> <country>Belgium</country> </item1> <item2> <name>Alfa</name> <price>140</price> <stock>3</stock> <country>Turkey</country> </item2> <item3> <name>Beta</name> <price>110</price> <stock>48</stock> <country>Holland</country> </item3> <product id="p1"> <name>Delta</name> <price>800</price> <stock>4</stock> <country>Denmark</country> </product> <product id="p2"> <name>Golf</name> <price>1000</price> <stock>5</stock> <country>Germany</country> </product> <product id="p3"> <name>Alfa</name> <price>1200</price> <stock>19</stock> <country>Germany</country> </product> <product id="p4"> <name>Foxtrot</name> <price>1500</price> <stock>5</stock> <country>Australia</country> </product> <product id="p5"> <name>Tango</name> <price>1225</price> <stock>3</stock> <country>Japan</country> </product> </root> </code></pre> <p><strong>produces the wanted, correct result</strong>:</p> <pre><code><root> <action> <name>test</name> <price>160</price> <stock>4</stock> <country>Belgium</country> </action> <action> <name>Alfa</name> <price>140</price> <stock>3</stock> <country>Turkey</country> </action> <action> <name>Beta</name> <price>110</price> <stock>48</stock> <country>Holland</country> </action> <action> <name>Delta</name> <price>800</price> <stock>4</stock> <country>Denmark</country> </action> <action> <name>Golf</name> <price>1000</price> <stock>5</stock> <country>Germany</country> </action> <action> <name>Alfa</name> <price>1200</price> <stock>19</stock> <country>Germany</country> </action> <action> <name>Foxtrot</name> <price>1500</price> <stock>5</stock> <country>Australia</country> </action> <action> <name>Tango</name> <price>1225</price> <stock>3</stock> <country>Japan</country> </action> </root> </code></pre> <p><strong>Explanation</strong>:</p> <ol> <li><p>The identity rule copies every node "as-is".</p></li> <li><p>We have two templates overriding the identity rule. The first template matches any <code>product</code> or any element whose name starts with the string <code>item</code>. It effectively "renames" the matched element to <code>action</code> by creating and outputting an <code>action</code> element.</p></li> <li><p>The second overriding template matches any <code>id</code> attribute of any <code>product</code> element. This template has no body, which effectively "deletes" the matched attribute -- it is not copied/recreated in the output.</p></li> </ol>

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