Question

I currently have a xml file like this:

<aaa>
    <b>I am a <i>boy</i></b>.
</aaa>

How can I get the exact string as: <b>I am a <i>boy</i></b>.? Thanks.

Answer 1

You have to tell XSLT that you want to copy elements through as well. That can be done with an additional rule. Note that I use custom select clauses on my apply-templates elements to select attributes as well as all node-type objects. Also note that the rule for aaa takes precedence, and does not copy the aaa element itself to the output.

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:template match="aaa">
    <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>