exclude-result-prefixes : exclude result prefixes « XSLT stylesheet « XML Tutorial

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File: Data.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<europe>
 <scandinavia>
  <state>Finland</state>
  <state>Sweden</state>
  <state>Iceland</state>
  <state>Norway</state>
  <state>Denmark</state>
 </scandinavia>
</europe>

File: Transform.xslt

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
  xmlns:sc="http://www.java2s.com/scand"
  xmlns:scand="http://www.java2s.com/scandinavia"
  xmlns:nr="http://www.java2s.com/scandinavia"
  exclude-result-prefixes="scand nr">
  <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes" encoding="ISO-8859-1" />

  <xsl:template match="europe">
    <xsl:apply-templates select="scandinavia" />
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="scandinavia">
    <sc:scandinavia>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="state">
        <xsl:sort />
      </xsl:apply-templates>
    </sc:scandinavia>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="state">
    <sc:country>
      <xsl:value-of select="." />
    </sc:country>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Output:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<sc:scandinavia xmlns:sc="http://www.java2s.com/scand">
   <sc:country>Denmark</sc:country>
   <sc:country>Finland</sc:country>
   <sc:country>Iceland</sc:country>
   <sc:country>Norway</sc:country>
   <sc:country>Sweden</sc:country>
</sc:scandinavia>