How to skip XML tags in Simple transformation

Hi,
I am trying to convert an XML file to ABAP code using Simple Transformations.
I tired converting a small XML file to ABAP using it and it worked fine.
The problem is that the number of tags in the XML file I now want to parse is huge (over 200).
Is there any way that for the tag in XML corresponding tag is not created in ST? Is there any conditional tag to achieve this?
Also, is Simple Transformation a better way of parsing in such a scenario over XSLT and DOM parser?
Thanks and Regards,
Neha
Edited by: Neha Anand on Jun 2, 2008 1:19 PM

Hi Raja,
I have already looked through the code snippets and I am able to write a CALL TRANSFORMATION.
I want to find out if the number of tags is huge then if there is any way that some tags can be skipped for matching tags in XML which anyhow I dont need for manipulation.
Thanks and Regards,
Neha

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