Merge functionality of two xsl files into a single file (not a xsl import or include issue)

Question

I have two xsl files; both of them perform different tasks on source xml one after another. Now I need a single xsl file which will actually perform both these tasks in single f

Answer 1

The general solution to the problem is to change the template rules and apply-templates calls in one stylesheet to use mode M1, and those in the other to use mode M2, and then to combine them like this:

<xsl:template match="/">
  <xsl:variable name="temp">
    <xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="M1"/>
  </xsl:variable>
  <xsl:apply-templates select="$temp" mode="M2"/>
</xsl:template>

But in XSLT 1.0 the second apply-templates will need to be

<xsl:apply-templates select="exslt:node-set($temp)" mode="M2"/>

Answer 2

This XSLT:

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>

<xsl:template match="@* | node()">
    <xsl:copy>
        <xsl:apply-templates select="@* | node()"/>
    </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="text()">
    <xsl:call-template name="globalReplace">
        <xsl:with-param name="outputString" select="."/>
        <xsl:with-param name="target" select="'#+#'"/>
        <xsl:with-param name="replacement" select="''"/>
    </xsl:call-template>
</xsl:template>    

<xsl:template match="*[not(text()) and not(*) and not(@*)]"/>

<xsl:template name="globalReplace">
    <xsl:param name="outputString"/>
    <xsl:param name="target"/>
    <xsl:param name="replacement"/>
    <xsl:choose>
        <xsl:when test="contains($outputString,$target)">
            <xsl:value-of
                    select="concat(
                    substring-before($outputString,$target)
                    ,$replacement)"/>
            <xsl:call-template name="globalReplace">
                <xsl:with-param name="outputString"
                                select="substring-after($outputString,$target)"/>
                <xsl:with-param name="target" select="$target"/>
                <xsl:with-param name="replacement" select="$replacement"/>
            </xsl:call-template>
        </xsl:when>
        <xsl:otherwise>
            <xsl:value-of select="$outputString"/>
        </xsl:otherwise>
    </xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Applied to this well-formed XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<LIST_R7P1_1>
  <R7P1_1>
    <LVL2>
        <ORIG_EXP_PRE_CONV>#+#</ORIG_EXP_PRE_CONV>
        <EXP_AFT_CONV>abc</EXP_AFT_CONV>
        <GUARANTEE_AMOUNT>#+#</GUARANTEE_AMOUNT>
        <CREDIT_DER/>
    </LVL2>
    <LVL21>
        <AZ>#+#</AZ>
        <BZ>bz1</BZ>
        <AZ>az2</AZ>
        <BZ>#+#</BZ>
        <CZ/>
        <ONE_MORE_TEST>#+#OLOLO</ONE_MORE_TEST>
    </LVL21>
  </R7P1_1>
</LIST_R7P1_1>

Produces this result:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<LIST_R7P1_1>
  <R7P1_1>
    <LVL2>
        <ORIG_EXP_PRE_CONV/>
        <EXP_AFT_CONV>abc</EXP_AFT_CONV>
        <GUARANTEE_AMOUNT/>
    </LVL2>
    <LVL21>
        <AZ/>
        <BZ>bz1</BZ>
        <AZ>az2</AZ>
        <BZ/>
        <ONE_MORE_TEST>OLOLO</ONE_MORE_TEST>
    </LVL21>
  </R7P1_1>
</LIST_R7P1_1>