stm:delete

The stm:delete operation is used to delete an element, attribute or document fragment located by an xpath. CAUTION: If the xpath value returns multiple targets all of them are deleted.

Example

Example 1: Delete a branch This example deletes the complete document branch below and including the first <b> element. <idoc>   <seq>     <instr>       <type>stm</type>       <operand>doc.xml</operand>       <operator>         <stm:group xmlns:stm="http://1060.org/stm">           <stm:delete xpath="/a/b[1]" />         </stm:group>       </operator>       <target>this:response</target>     </instr>   </seq> </idoc> Try it

Example 2: Delete multiple targets This demonstrates a mutlivalued xpath target. The xpath /a/b is ambiguous and produces two <b> elements. The delete operation is applied to each of them! <idoc>   <seq>     <instr>       <type>stm</type>       <operand>doc.xml</operand>       <operator>         <stm:group xmlns:stm="http://1060.org/stm">           <stm:delete xpath="/a/b" />         </stm:group>       </operator>       <target>this:response</target>     </instr>   </seq> </idoc> Try it

Example 3: Delete a single leaf element This example demonstrates deleting a single element. It removes the <c> element from the second <b> element. <idoc>   <seq>     <instr>       <type>stm</type>       <operand>doc.xml</operand>       <operator>         <stm:group xmlns:stm="http://1060.org/stm">           <stm:delete xpath="/a/b[2]/c" />         </stm:group>       </operator>       <target>this:response</target>     </instr>   </seq> </idoc> Try it

Example 4: Delete a set of attributes This example demonstrates deleting a set of attributes. It removes the food attribute from the all <c> elements. <idoc>   <seq>     <instr>       <type>stm</type>       <operand>doc.xml</operand>       <operator>         <stm:group xmlns:stm="http://1060.org/stm">           <stm:delete xpath="/a/b/c/@food" />         </stm:group>       </operator>       <target>this:response</target>     </instr>   </seq> </idoc> Try it