[Solved] How to create multiple target nodes from single input node (XSL)

Question

Hello all,
I have identified what I think is a bug in the visual XSLT mapper (JDev 10.1.3.3). Here is the simplified scenario:
I have a source XML file that contains a bill-to address and a ship-to address, something like this:
<header>
<bill-to-name>My Customer Bill To</bill-to-name>
<bill-to-address>123 main street</bill-to-address>
<ship-to-name>My Customer Ship To</ship-to-name>
<ship-to-address>567 first avenue</ship-to-address>
</header>I want to translate it to a target XML file that looks like this:
<addresses>
<address>
<address-type>BILLTO</address-type>
<name>My Customer Bill To</name>
<street-address>123 main street</street-address>
</address>
<address>
<address-type>SHIPTO</address-type>
<name>My Customer Ship To</name>
<street-address>567 first avenue</street-address>
</address>
</addresses>Note that what I am trying to do is to create two nodes in the target (something like a for-each), but where there is no repeating node in the source.
I was able to do this quite simply with a map like this:
<xsl:template match="/">
  <ns2:addresses>
    </ns2:address>
      <ns2:address-type>
        <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="no">BILLTO</xsl:text>
      </ns2:address-type>
      <ns2:name>
        <xsl:value-of select="/ns1:header/bill_to_name"/>
      </ns2:name>
      <ns2:street-address>
        <xsl:value-of select="/ns1:header/bill_to_address"/>
      </ns2:name>
    </ns2:address>
    </ns2:address>
      <ns2:address-type>
        <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="no">SHIPTO</xsl:text>
      </ns2:address-type>
      <ns2:name>
        <xsl:value-of select="/ns1:header/ship_to_name"/>
      </ns2:name>
      <ns2:street-address>
        <xsl:value-of select="/ns1:header/ship_to_address"/>
      </ns2:name>
    </ns2:address>
  </ns2:addresses>
</xsl:template>As long as I only use the source view for the xsl file, this works fine and tests just fine. As soon as I switch over to the graphical (design view), the source gets mangled to:
<xsl:template match="/">
  <ns2:addresses>
    </ns2:address>
      <ns2:address-type>
        <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="no">BILLTOSHIPTO</xsl:text>
      </ns2:address-type>
      <ns2:name>
        <xsl:value-of select="/ns1:header/bill_to_name"/>
        <xsl:value-of select="/ns1:header/ship_to_name"/>
      </ns2:name>
      <ns2:street-address>
        <xsl:value-of select="/ns1:header/bill_to_address"/>
        <xsl:value-of select="/ns1:header/ship_to_address"/>
      </ns2:name>
    </ns2:address>
  </ns2:addresses>
</xsl:template>which obviously does not work.
So:
1). Should my original map work? If not, what is the correct way to do it?
2). If the map should work (it does), this looks like a bug in the design view.
3). If my map should work, is there a way to do this in the design view?
Kind regards,
John

Answer 1

John,
GUI has limited functionality and hence it does not support all the constructs. If you want to implement soln that is visible in gui follow this steps.
for-each(bill-to-name)
     create <address>tag
     map concat(BILLTO) to <address-type>
     map value of <bill-to-name> to <name>
     map value of <bill-to-address> to <street-address>
select the for-each you created - right click -> add xsl node ->clone for-each
     repeat similar steps for mapping <ship-to_name>...etc
If you still unsure send me the source & target xsd and I will send the xsl your way. You can email me at [email protected]
Dipal