How do I access an <Any>-element in xslt?

Question

I have the following xsd schema:

<Person>
 <Gender>
 <Any>

I have the following xml:

<Person>
 <Gender>Male</Gender>
 <Name>
  <firstName>Elon</firstName>
  <lastName>Musk</lastName>
</Name>
</Person>

I want to print the the text "Tesla" if the lastname is equal to "Musk".
I started with a template-match but I cannot access the Any-element.

Any good suggestions on how to access an -element in xslt?

I tried writing an template-match for this but I was not able to access the Any-element as expected.

<xsl:template match="/Person//* = 'Musk'">
    <text>Tesla</text>
  </xsl:template>

Answer 1

To access the element in your XSLT, you would use the xsl:value-of element and specify the path to the element in the select attribute. Here is an example of how you could do this:

<xsl:template match="/Person">
  <xsl:if test="Name/lastName = 'Musk'">
    <text>Tesla</text>
  </xsl:if>
</xsl:template>

In this example, the xsl:if element is used to test if the lastName element is equal to Musk. If this is true, the Tesla element is printed.

You could also use the xsl:value-of element to directly access the text value of the element, like this:

<xsl:template match="/Person">
  <xsl:if test="Name/lastName = 'Musk'">
    <xsl:value-of select="Any" />
  </xl:if>
</xsl:template>

This will print the text value of the element if the lastName element is equal to Musk. You can then use this text value in your XSLT as needed.

Answer 2

There is no Any element in your XML, so you cannot access it.

If you want your template to match a Person whose lastName is "Musk", then do:

<xsl:template match="/Person[Name/lastName='Musk*']">
    <text>Tesla</text>
</xsl:template>

If you want your template to match a Person that has some descendant element with a value of "Musk", then do:

<xsl:template match="/Person[.//*='Musk']">
    <text>Tesla</text>
</xsl:template>