Question

What’s the way to get a tag name and attribute name in XML?

If I have a XML file like this:

<a>
<apple color="red"/>
<banana color="yellow"/>
<sugar taste="sweet"/>
<cat size="small"/>
</a>

And part of my XSLT file is as below:

<xsl:element name="AAA">
<???>
</xsl:element>

So what should I write in the ??? part so I can get the output like this:

For tag name:

<AAA>apple</AAA>
<AAA>banana</AAA>
<AAA>sugar</AAA>
<AAA>cat</AAA>

For attribute name:

<AAA>color</AAA>
<AAA>color</AAA>
<AAA>taste</AAA>
<AAA>size</AAA>

Answer 1

Tag name:

<xsl:value-of select="name(.)"/>

Attribute name of the first (!) attribute. If you have more attributes, you’d have to choose a different approach

<xsl:value-of select="name(@*[1])"/>

Both expressions would then be used in a template matching your input elements. e.g.

<xsl:template match="*">
  <xsl:element name="AAA">
    <!-- ... -->
  </xsl:element>
</xsl:template>