XML & XSL - xsl:copy

Copies the current node from the source to the output. This tag creates a node in the output with the same name, namespace, and type as the current node. Attributes and children are not copied automatically.

Syntax

<xsl:copy>

Attributes

Parent Elements

• xsl:attribute
• xsl:comment
• xsl:copy
• xsl:element
• xsl:for-each
• xsl:if
• xsl:otherwise
• xsl:pi
• xsl:template
• xsl:when
• output elements

Child Elements

• xsl:apply-templates
• xsl:attribute
• xsl:choose
• xsl:comment
• xsl:copy
• xsl:element
• xsl:eval
• xsl:for-each
• xsl:if
• xsl:pi
• xsl:value-of
• output elements

Purpose

The following example performs an identity transformation on the entire document. Each node in the source is copied to the output.

A Population Example Using xls:copy

XML Data Tree Structure

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XML & XSL in Action

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The XSL Style Sheet

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl">
	<xsl:template>
		<xsl:copy>
			<xsl:apply-templates select="@*"/>
			<xsl:apply-templates/>
		</xsl:copy>
	</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>