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Asked: 2026-06-02T12:49:36+00:00

I have to get the attribute names and do some manipulations based on the

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I have to get the attribute names and do some manipulations based on the its name in XSLT.

Source:

<group  xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="XXX" xlink:title="sectionHeader_1" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"></group>
<group  xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="YYY" xlink:title="BodyParagraph_1" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"></group>
<group  xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="ZZZ" xlink:title="sectionHeader_2" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"></group>
<group  xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="AAA" xlink:title="sectionHeader_3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"></group>
<group  xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="BBB" xlink:title="BodyParagraph_2" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"></group>
<group  xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="BBB" xlink:title="ConditionalText_2" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"></group>

I have to get the attribute xlink:title attribute in it and check for the following:

  • when the attribute xlink:title contains string sectionHeader , I need to do some manipulations.
  • when the attribute xlink:title contains string BodyParagraph, I need to some manipulations.
  • when the attribute xlink:title contains string ConditionalText, I need to some manipulations.

Can any one explain how it can be done?

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  1. Editorial Team

    It is in the spirit of XSLT to use templates and pattern matching so that explicit conditional instructions are minimized or eliminated altogether.

    Here is how this can be done:

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

 <xsl:template match="group">
     <xsl:apply-templates select="@xlink:title"/>
 </xsl:template>

 <xsl:template match="@xlink:title[contains(., 'sectionHeader')]">
   Found @xlink:title containing "sectionHeader"
 </xsl:template>

 <xsl:template match="@xlink:title[contains(., 'BodyParagraph')]">
   Found @xlink:title containing "BodyParagraph"
 </xsl:template>

 <xsl:template match="@xlink:title[contains(., 'ConditionalText')]">
   Found @xlink:title containing "ConditionalText"
 </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

    When this transformation is applied on the provided XML fragment (converted to a well-formed XML document):

    <t>
    <group  xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="XXX" xlink:title="sectionHeader_1" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"></group>
    <group  xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="YYY" xlink:title="BodyParagraph_1" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"></group>
    <group  xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="ZZZ" xlink:title="sectionHeader_2" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"></group>
    <group  xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="AAA" xlink:title="sectionHeader_3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"></group>
    <group  xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="BBB" xlink:title="BodyParagraph_2" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"></group>
    <group  xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="BBB" xlink:title="ConditionalText_2" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"></group>
</t>

    the wanted result (something done in each case) is produced:

       Found @xlink:title containing "sectionHeader"

   Found @xlink:title containing "BodyParagraph"

   Found @xlink:title containing "sectionHeader"

   Found @xlink:title containing "sectionHeader"

   Found @xlink:title containing "BodyParagraph"

   Found @xlink:title containing "ConditionalText"

    Do note: You may consider using the starts-with() function rather than contains() .

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