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Grouping in XSLT

File: Data.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<html>
  <body>
    <h2>A</h2>
    <p class="item">A</p>
    <p class="item">B</p>
    <p class="note">C</p>
    <p class="note">D</p>
    <p class="note">E</p>
    <p class="item">F</p>
    <h2>B</h2>
    <p class="item">b1</p>
    <p class="item">b2</p>
    <p class="note">b3</p>
    <p class="item">b4</p>
  </body>
</html>


File: Transform.xslt

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" 
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

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

  <xsl:template match="/">
    <chapter>
      <title>Grouping in XSLT</title>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="html/body"/>
    </chapter>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="body">
    <xsl:for-each-group select="*" group-starting-with="h1">
      <sect1>
        <xsl:apply-templates select="current-group()"/>
      </sect1>
    </xsl:for-each-group>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="h1">
    <title>
      <xsl:apply-templates/>
    </title>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="p">
    <para>
      <xsl:apply-templates/>
    </para>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="*">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
      <xsl:apply-templates/>
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Output:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<chapter>
   <title>Grouping in XSLT</title>
   <sect1>
      <h2>A</h2>
      <para>A</para>
      <para>B</para>
      <para>C</para>
      <para>D</para>
      <para>E</para>
      <para>F</para>
      <h2>B</h2>
      <para>b1</para>
      <para>b2</para>
      <para>b3</para>
      <para>b4</para>
   </sect1>
</chapter>
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