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XSLT Copying.

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XSL copying is used for creation of duplication of XSLT nodes. The <xsl:copy> element creates a copy of the current node in XSLT.

Namespace nodes of the current node are automatically copied as well, but child nodes and attributes of the current node are not automatically copied!

How do we copy all of or a portion of an XML document exactly? The following code fragment shows how to do that exactly of our requirement. Using this XSLT template for an entire XSLT file or for a portion of a document, we will copy the contents of a particular node exactly. XSLT Tutorial section of XSLT Copying will be very useful if we want to leave a large portion of a document unchanged.

Example of XSLT Copying

XML for XSLT Copying Example [XSLT_Copying_Example.xml]

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="XSLT_Copying_Example.xsl"?>

<rootNode>
  Well Come at
  <nestedElement>
    Global Guide Line
    <innerElement>
      , enjoy XSLT Copying examples.
    </innerElement>
  </nestedElement>
</rootNode>

XSLT for XSLT Copying Example [XSLT_Copying_Example.xsl]

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">

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

  <xsl:template match="nestedElement">
    <nestedElement>
      XSLT Tutorial at Global Guide Line
      <xsl:apply-templates select="*" /> 
    </nestedElement>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Complete Example of XSLT Copying

View complete sources and outputs by simply clicking on file name of XSLT, XML and Out Put of XSLT Copying Example.

Output of XSLT Copying with Explanation

Output:
Well Come at XSLT Tutorial at Global Guide Line , enjoy XSLT Copying examples.

Here we want to copy this, but change the text of <nestedElement>, instead of Global Guide Line our requirement is XSLT Tutorial at Global Guide Line

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