Question

The sample xml file is shown below

<a>
<apple color="red"/>
</a>

What should I write in XSLT so that i can get the sample output below ?

<AAA>
<BB bbb="#apple"/> <!-- if possible make it auto close -->
</AAA>

Answer 1

Use name() or local-name() functions:

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>

  <xsl:template match="/a">
    <AAA>
      <xsl:apply-templates/>
    </AAA>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="*">
    <BB bbb="{concat('#', name())}"/>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>