Predefined Refactoring Operations

Refactoring Operations for Attributes

1. Add/Change attribute - Use this operation to change the value of an attribute or insert a new one. To perform this operation, specify the following parameters:
   • The Local name and Namespace for the Parent element.
   • The Local name, Namespace, and Value of the affected Attribute.
   • One of the following choices for the Operation mode in the Options section:
     • Add the attribute in the parent elements where it is missing
     • Change the value in the parent elements where the atrribute already exists
     • Both
2. Delete attribute - Use this operation to remove one or more attributes. To perform this operation, specify the following parameters:
   • The Local name and Namespace for the Parent element.
   • The Local name and Namespace for the Attribute to be removed.
3. Rename attribute - Use this operation to rename an attribute. Specify the following parameters in the Rename attribute dialog box:
   • The Local name and Namespace for the Parent element.
   • The Local name, Namespace, and New local name of the Attribute.
4. Replace in attribute value - Use this operation to search for a text fragment inside an attribute value and change the fragment to a new value. To perform this operation, specify the following parameters:
   • The Local name and Namespace for the Parent element.
   • The Local name and Namespace for the Attribute to be modified.
   • The text Fragments to Find and Replace with.
   Note: You can use Perl-like regular expressions when specifying the text to find. The Replace with parameter can bind regular expression capturing groups ($1, $2, etc.) from the find pattern.

Refactoring Operations for Elements

1. Delete element - Use this operation to delete elements. To perform this operation, specify the following parameters:
   • The Target elements in the form of an XPath expression.
2. Delete element content - Use this operation to delete content of elements. To perform this operation, specify the following parameters:
   • The Target elements in the form of an XPath expression.
3. Insert element - Use this operation to insert new element. To perform this operation, specify the following parameters:
   • The Local name and Namespace for the element to be inserted.
   • The Location of the new element in the form of an XPath expression and its Position. Use the link provided in the lower part of the wizard to open the XML / XSLT-FO-XQuery / XPath preferences page where you can configure XPath options and declare namespace prefixes. The possible selections in the Position drop-down list include After, Before, First child, or Last child.
4. Rename element - Use this operation to rename elements. To perform this operation, specify the following parameters:
   • The Target elements in the form of an XPath expression. Use the link provided in the lower part of the wizard to open the XML / XSLT-FO-XQuery / XPath preferences page where you can configure XPath options and declare namespace prefixes.
   • The New local name of the element.
5. Unwrap element - Use this operation to delete the surrounding tags of elements, while keeping their content unchanged. To perform this operation, specify the following parameters:
   • The Target elements in the form of an XPath expression. Use the link provided in the lower part of the wizard to open the XML / XSLT-FO-XQuery / XPath preferences page where you can configure XPath options and declare namespace prefixes.
6. Wrap element - Use this operation to surround elements with element tags. To perform this operation, specify the following parameters:
   • The Target elements in the form of an XPath expression. Use the link provided in the lower part of the wizard to open the XML / XSLT-FO-XQuery / XPath preferences page where you can configure XPath options and declare namespace prefixes.
   • The Local name and Namespace of the Wrapper element.
7. Wrap element content - Use this operation to surround the content of elements with element tags. To perform this operation, specify the following parameters:
   • The Target elements in the form of an XPath expression. Use the link provided in the lower part of the wizard to open the XML / XSLT-FO-XQuery / XPath preferences page where you can configure XPath options and declare namespace prefixes.
   • The Local name and Namespace of the Wrapper element in which its content will be wrapped.

Refactoring Operations for XML Fragments

1. Insert XML fragment - Use this operation to insert an XML fragment. To perform this operation, specify the following parameters:
   • The XML Fragment to be inserted.
   • The Location of the new fragment in the form of an XPath expression and its Position. Use the link provided in the lower part of the wizard to open the XML / XSLT-FO-XQuery / XPath preferences page where you can configure XPath options and declare namespace prefixes. The possible selections in the Position drop-down list include After, Before, First child, or Last child.
2. Replace element content with XML fragment - Use this operation to replace the content of elements with an XML fragment. To perform this operation, specify the following parameters:
   • The Target elements in the form of an XPath expression. Use the link provided in the lower part of the wizard to open the XML / XSLT-FO-XQuery / XPath preferences page where you can configure XPath options and declare namespace prefixes.
   • The XML Fragment with which to replace the content of the target elements.
3. Replace element with XML fragment - Use this operation to replace elements with an XML fragment. To perform this operation, specify the following parameters:
   • The Target elements in the form of an XPath expression. Use the link provided in the lower part of the wizard to open the XML / XSLT-FO-XQuery / XPath preferences page where you can configure XPath options and declare namespace prefixes.
   • The XML Fragment with which to replace the target elements.

Additional Notes