XSLT copy/copy-of without keeping namespaces - xslt

Question

Hi I have issue in the default namespace declaration. output xml elements are appended with the default namespace.
The input XML look like
<m:Request xmlns:m="http://www.NeededNamespace/1.4.0">
<Details>
<Records>50</Records>
<Start>1</Start>
<sortName>sortName</sortName>
</Details>
<search>
<criteria>
<comparative>
<Comparative>exactMatch</Comparative>
</comparative>
<name>STATECODE</name>
<value>CO</value>
</criteria>
<criteria>
<comparative>
<Comparative>exactMatch</Comparative>
</comparative>
<name>Version</name>
<value>4.0</value>
</criteria>
<criteria>
<comparative>
<Comparative>contains</Comparative>
</comparative>
<name>LEGALNAME</name>
<value>Citizens State Bank</value>
</criteria>
</search>
</m:Request>
The XSLT look like
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" exclude-result-prefixes="t" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:t="http://www.NotRequirednamespace.com">
<xsl:output indent="yes" method="xml" encoding="utf-8" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>
<xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>
<!--Stylesheet to remove all namespaces from a document-->
<!--NOTE: this will lead to attribute name clash, if an element contains
two attributes with same local name but different namespace prefix-->
<!--Nodes that cannot have a namespace are copied as such-->
<xsl:template match="/">
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<soap:Header>
<xys:To xmlns:xys="http://services.xys.com/framework/xysHeader/v2">
<xys:version>9.0</xys:version>
<xys:serviceName>DetailsManagement</xys:serviceName>
<xys:QOS>DEFAULT</xys:QOS>
<xys:operation>GetDetails</xys:operation>
</xys:To>
<ConsumerInfo xmlns="http://services.xys.com/framework/xysHeader/v2">
<xysApplicationName>SAP</xysApplicationName>
<xysCheckPermission>-1</xysCheckPermission>
<xysConsumerPlatform>CS</xysConsumerPlatform>
<xysLanguage>en</xysLanguage>
<xysLocale>US</xysLocale>
<xysLogLevel>false</xysLogLevel>
</ConsumerInfo>
<HeaderMetadata xmlns="http://services.xys.com/framework/xysHeader/v2">
<metadataContractVersion>2.0</metadataContractVersion>
<Id>414</Id>
<Timestamp>2014-11-20T14:17:30.908-0500</Timestamp>
</HeaderMetadata>
<xys:favouriteSausage xmlns:xys="http://services.xys.com/framework/xysHeader/v2">cumberland</xys:favouriteSausage>
</soap:Header>
<soap:Body>
<GetDetails xmlns="http://www.NeededNamespace/1.4.0">
<Message id="" version="" bodyType="FS-XML" timeStampCreated="2015-10-11T10:15:25.9144403-04:00" sourceLogicalId="" xmlns="http://www.ibm.com/industries/xys">
<ACGroup bodyCategory="" TPMode="RespondError"/>
<COMMAND>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</COMMAND>
</Message>
</GetDetails>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
</xsl:template>
<!--template to copy elements-->
<xsl:template match="*">
<xsl:element name="{local-name()}" namespace="http://www.NeededNamespace/1.4.0">
<xsl:apply-templates select="#* | node()"/>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:template>
<!--template to copy attributes-->
<xsl:template match="#*">
<xsl:attribute name="{local-name()}">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:template>
<!--template to copy the rest of the nodes-->
<xsl:template match="comment() | text() | processing-instruction()">
<xsl:copy/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
The output XML what i am getting is
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<soap:Header>
<xys:To xmlns:xys="http://services.xys.com/framework/xysHeader/v2">
<xys:version>9.0</xys:version>
<xys:serviceName>DetailsManagement</xys:serviceName>
<xys:QOS>DEFAULT</xys:QOS>
<xys:operation>GetDetails</xys:operation>
</xys:To>
<ConsumerInfo xmlns="http://services.xys.com/framework/xysHeader/v2">
<xysApplicationName>SAP</xysApplicationName>
<xysCheckPermission>-1</xysCheckPermission>
<xysConsumerPlatform>CS</xysConsumerPlatform>
<xysLanguage>en</xysLanguage>
<xysLocale>US</xysLocale>
<xysLogLevel>false</xysLogLevel>
</ConsumerInfo>
<HeaderMetadata xmlns="http://services.xys.com/framework/xysHeader/v2">
<metadataContractVersion>2.0</metadataContractVersion>
<Id>414</Id>
<Timestamp>2014-11-20T14:17:30.908-0500</Timestamp>
</HeaderMetadata>
<xys:favouriteSausage xmlns:xys="http://services.xys.com/framework/xysHeader/v2">cumberland</xys:favouriteSausage>
</soap:Header>
<soap:Body>
<GetDetails xmlns="http://www.NeededNamespace/1.4.0">
<Message xmlns="http://www.ibm.com/industries/xys" id="" version="" bodyType="FS-XML" timeStampCreated="2015-10-11T10:15:25.9144403-04:00" sourceLogicalId="">
<ACGroup bodyCategory="" TPMode="RespondError"/>
<COMMAND>
<Request xmlns="http://www.NeededNamespace/1.4.0">
<Details>
<Records>50</Records>
<Start>1</Start>
<sortName>sortName</sortName>
</Details>
<search>
<criteria>
<comparative>
<Comparative>exactMatch</Comparative>
</comparative>
<name>STATECODE</name>
<value>CO</value>
</criteria>
<criteria>
<comparative>
<Comparative>exactMatch</Comparative>
</comparative>
<name>Version</name>
<value>4.0</value>
</criteria>
<criteria>
<comparative>
<Comparative>contains</Comparative>
</comparative>
<name>LEGALNAME</name>
<value>Citizens State Bank</value>
</criteria>
</search>
</Request>
</COMMAND>
</Message>
</GetDetails>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
But in the result I am getting the element as
<Request xmlns="http://www.NeededNamespace/1.4.0">
But i want the result tag as like below
<Request>
I dont want to redeclare the namespace which is already declared in the root tag of the same. I have tried all the option i have known and tried for last few days. can you please help me on this.

Answer 1

The input element has expanded name (local-part="Request", namespace="http://www.NeededNamespace/1.4.0"). If you don't want the output Request element to have a namespace declaration, then presumably you want it to be in the same namespace as its parent, that is you want its expanded name to be (local-part="Request", namespace="http://www.ibm.com/industries/xys"). An xsl:copy or xsl:copy-of instruction will never (even in 2.0) change the expanded name of the element being copied. So you can't achieve your desired output using xsl:copy or xsl:copy-of. You will need to create a new element with the same local name but a different namespace from the original, using <xsl:element name="{local-name()}" namespace="http://www.ibm.com/industries/xys"/>.