How create XML from XML using XSL?

Question

How create XML from XML using XSL ?

I try like this.. but i not get a result

Test.xml

<Address>
  <name> Alex</name>
  <lastname>Mathew</lastname>
</Address>

Test.xsl

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

<xsl:template match="/">
<Address>
      <FirstName><xsl:value-of select="name" /></FirstName>
      <LastName><xsl:value-of select="lastname" /></LastName>
</Address>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

I need out put like this

<Address>
  <FirstName> Alex</FirstName>
  <LastName>Mathew</LastName>
</Address>

I try to convert in my asp page (test.asp)

<%
'Load XML
set xml = Server.CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
xml.async = false
xml.load(Server.MapPath("Test.xml"))

'Load XSL
set xsl = Server.CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
xsl.async = false
xsl.load(Server.MapPath("Test.xsl"))

'Response.Write(xml.transformNode(xsl))
'Response.ContentType = "text/plain; charset=UTF-8"

 Set doc = Server.CreateObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.3.0")   
 doc.async = False  
 doc.loadXML(xml.transformNode(xsl))  

response.write xml.transformNode(xsl)

response.write doc.getElementsByTagName("FirstName").item(0).text
%>

Plz help me solve this problem

Answer 1

You might also want to add an output directive in your stylesheet:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>

<xsl:template match="/Address">
  <Address>
    <FirstName><xsl:value-of select="name" /></FirstName>
    <LastName><xsl:value-of select="lastname" /></LastName>
  </Address>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

This causes the output to have a leading xml declaration:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>

Answer 2

The problem is that "/" is the root, not the root element (or "document element").
Hierarchically, "/" is one level above the document element (<Address>, in yor case). So this:

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

  <xsl:template match="/Address">
    <Address>
      <FirstName><xsl:value-of select="name" /></FirstName>
      <LastName><xsl:value-of select="lastname" /></LastName>
    </Address>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

would actually work. Note the tiny little difference? Nicer would be this:

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

  <!-- the identity template (copies your input verbatim) -->
  <xsl:template match="node() | @*">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="node() | @*" />
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>

  <!-- special templates only for things that need them -->
  <xsl:template match="name">
    <FirstName><xsl:value-of select="." /></FirstName>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="lastname">
    <LastName><xsl:value-of select="." /></LastName>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>