I'm struggling with trying to test to see if an element exists. If it doesn't, I'd like to add in a default value. Here's my XML
<records>
<record>
<InstanceData>
<instance>
<FirstName>Johhny</FirstName>
<LastName>Jenkins</LastName>
<AlbumCount>3</AlbumCount>
</instance>
</InstanceData>
</record>
<record>
<InstanceData>
<instance>
<FirstName>Art</FirstName>
<LastName>Tatum</LastName>
<AlbumCount>7</AlbumCount>
</instance>
</InstanceData>
</record>
<record>
<InstanceData>
<instance>
<FirstName>Count</FirstName>
<LastName>Basie</LastName>
</instance>
</InstanceData>
</record>
</records>
I'd like to be able to copy over existing values and set any record without the Album Count element to <AlbumCount>0</AlbumCount>
. This is the xslt I've been working with but I think I'm some way off the mark.
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
<xsl:template match="Records">
<xsl:for-each select="node()">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="name()='AlbumCount'">
<xsl:element name="AlbumCount">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="name()='AlbumCount'">
<xsl:copy-of select=".">
</xsl:copy-of>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<AlbumCount>0</AlbumCount>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:copy-of select=".">
</xsl:copy-of>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Thanks for looking.
Try this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" indent="yes" omit-xml-declaration="no"/>
<!-- identity template -->
<xsl:template match="@*|node()">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="instance[not(AlbumCount)]">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
<AlbumCount>0</AlbumCount>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Start with the identity transformation, then just handle the exception differently.
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