xml - xslt copy only certain descendants -

i trying copy descendant elements without attribute. cant figure out right way this.

here file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?> <itemlist>    <item>       <subitem id="g0b86bn6"/>       <subitem>          <subitem/>          <subitem id="8967698"/>       </subitem>       <subitem>          <subitem/>          <subitem id="9868966n7"/>          <subitem>            <subitem id="9896"/>          <subitem>       </subitem>    </item> </itemlist> 

the elements nested arbirtarily deep.

expected output:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?> <itemlist>    <item>       <subitem>          <subitem/>       </subitem>       <subitem>          <subitem/>       </subitem>    </item> </itemlist> 

my xsl:

<xsl:template match="item">         <xsl:for-each select="child::*">             <xsl:if test=".[not(@id)]">                 <xsl:copy>                     <xsl:apply-templates select=". | @*"/>                 </xsl:copy>             </xsl:if>         </xsl:for-each> </xsl:template> 

the problem: copies children, not descendants. , copy-of copies descendants dont want copy.

how should this? , tips!

the preferred strategy in cases these use identity transform template copy as is, add exception templates suppress nodes not want passed output. example, following stylesheet:

xslt 1.0

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/xsl/transform" > <xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" indent="yes"/> <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>  <!-- identity transform --> <xsl:template match="@*|node()">     <xsl:copy>         <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>     </xsl:copy> </xsl:template>  <xsl:template match="subitem[@id]"/>  </xsl:stylesheet> 

when applied following well-formed input:

xml

<itemlist>   <item>     <subitem id="g0b86bn6"/>     <subitem>       <subitem/>       <subitem id="8967698"/>     </subitem>     <subitem>       <subitem/>       <subitem id="9868966n7"/>       <subitem>         <subitem id="9896"/>       </subitem>     </subitem>   </item> </itemlist> 

will suppress subitem element has id attribute, resulting in:

output

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <itemlist>   <item>     <subitem>       <subitem/>     </subitem>     <subitem>       <subitem/>       <subitem/>     </subitem>   </item> </itemlist>