Question

What is the XSLT to get a parent node based on the value of the child?

My xml:

<cast>
  <character>
    <name>Bugs</name>
    <id>1</id>
  </character>
  <character>
    <name>Daffy</name>
    <id>2</id>
  </character>

I have tried this:

<xsl:template match="/cast/character/id">
    <xsl:if test="text()=1">
        <xsl:apply-templates select="../self" mode='copier'/>
    </xsl:if>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="*" mode='copier'>
    <xsl:apply-templates />
</xsl:template>

But this outputs the text of every node in the document.

EDIT: I have to output XML here, I’m planning to extend this to XML generation

Answer 1

Just use:

<xsl:apply-templates select="/*/character[id=1]"/>

or, if the wanted node should just be copied with no further processing:

<xsl:copy-of select="/*/character[id=1]"/>