Resolving ID Reference Issue Within SOAP Message

You can resolve ID reference issues within SOAP message using XSLT. You can edit ID references in request or response messages in some .NET services and convert them to correct format.

Sample Input Value

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:tns="http://sicil.webservices2.vedop2.ggm.gov.tr" xmlns:types="http://sicil.webservices2.vedop2.ggm.gov.tr/encodedTypes" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <soap:Body soap:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
    <tns:merkezBilgileriDetayTCKN>
      <tckn xsi:type="xsd:string">xxx</tckn>
      <kullaniciBilgi href="#id1" />
    </tns:merkezBilgileriDetayTCKN>
    <q1:WSInfo id="id1" xsi:type="q1:WSInfo" xmlns:q1="http://webservices2.vedop2.ggm.gov.tr">
      <girisKod xsi:nil="true" />
      <girisSifre xsi:nil="true" />
      <istekZaman xsi:nil="true" />
      <kullaniciIP xsi:nil="true" />
      <kullaniciKod>xx</kullaniciKod>
      <kurumAd>xxxx</kurumAd>
      <macAdres xsi:nil="true" />
    </q1:WSInfo>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

XSLT Transformation Code

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
  <xsl:key name="multiref-by-id" match="q1:WSInfo" xmlns:q1="http://webservisadresi.com" use="@id" />
  <xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|*" />
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="*[starts-with(@href, '#')]">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="@* | key('multiref-by-id', substring-after(@href, '#'))/@* | key('multiref-by-id', substring-after(@href, '#'))/node()" />
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="@href[starts-with(., '#')] | q1:WSInfo[@id] | @soapenv:root" xmlns:q1="http://webservisadresi.com" />
  <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()" />
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Sample Output Value

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:tns="http://xAdresi.com" xmlns:types="http://xAdresi.com/encodedTypes" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <soap:Body soap:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
    <tns:birMetotAdi>
      <tckn xsi:type="xsd:string">xxx</tckn>
      <kullaniciBilgi id="id1" xsi:type="q1:WSInfo" xmlns:q1="http://webservisadresi.com">
        <girisKod xmlns:q1="http://webservisadresi.com" xsi:nil="true" />
        <kullaniciIP xmlns:q1="http://webservisadresi.com" xsi:nil="true" />
        <kullaniciKod xmlns:q1="http://webservisadresi.com">xx</kullaniciKod>
        <kurumAd xmlns:q1="http://webservisadresi.com">xxxx</kurumAd>
        <macAdres xmlns:q1="http://webservisadresi.com" xsi:nil="true" />
      </kullaniciBilgi>
    </tns:birMetotAdi>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

Similarly, if the same operation is desired to be done without namespace, the following example can be used:

Sample Input Value

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <soapenv:Body>
    <ns1:anaMetotAdiSorgulaResponse soapenv:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:ns1="http://someAddress.com">
      <anaMetotAdiSorgulaReturn href="#id0" />
    </ns1:anaMetotAdiSorgulaResponse>
    <multiRef id="id0" soapenc:root="0" soapenv:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xsi:type="ns2:birMetotAdiBilgisi" xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:ns2="http://someAddress.com">
      <xTablosu soapenc:arrayType="ns2:birBaskaMetotAdiBilgisi[1]" xsi:type="soapenc:Array">
        <xTablosu href="#id1" />
      </xTablosu>
      <yTablosu soapenc:arrayType="ns2:birBaskaMetotAdiBilgisi[1]" xsi:type="soapenc:Array">
        <yTablosu href="#id2" />
      </yTablosu>
      <referanssizBirAlan xsi:type="ns2:referanssizBirAlan" xsi:nil="true" />
    </multiRef>
    <multiRef id="id1" soapenc:root="0" soapenv:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xsi:type="ns4:birBaskaMetotAdiBilgisi" xmlns:ns4="http://someAddress.com" xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
      <aciklama xsi:type="xsd:string">Birtakım açıklamalar</aciklama>
      <deger xsi:type="xsd:string">1033.65</deger>
      <tip xsi:type="xsd:string">4</tip>
      <unvan xsi:type="xsd:string" xsi:nil="true" />
    </multiRef>
    <multiRef id="id2" soapenc:root="0" soapenv:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xsi:type="ns5:birBaskaMetotAdiBilgisi" xmlns:ns5="http://someAddress.com" xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
      <aciklama xsi:type="xsd:string">Bazı açıklamalar</aciklama>
      <deger xsi:type="xsd:string">361.21</deger>
      <tip xsi:type="xsd:string">3</tip>
      <unvan xsi:type="xsd:string" xsi:nil="true" />
    </multiRef>
  </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

XSLT Transformation Code

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
  <xsl:key name="multiref-by-id" match="multiRef" use="@id" />
  <xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|*" />
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="*[starts-with(@href, '#')]">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="@* | key('multiref-by-id', substring-after(@href, '#'))/@* | key('multiref-by-id', substring-after(@href, '#'))/node()" />
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="@href[starts-with(., '#')] | multiRef[@id] | @soapenv:root" />
  <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()" />
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Sample Output Value

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <soapenv:Body>
    <ns1:anaMetotAdiSorgulaResponse xmlns:ns1="http://someAddress.com" soapenv:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
      <anaMetotAdiSorgulaReturn id="id0" soapenv:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xsi:type="ns2:birMetotAdiBilgisi">
        <xTablosu xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:ns2="http://someAddress.com" soapenc:arrayType="ns2:birBaskaMetotAdiBilgisi[1]" xsi:type="soapenc:Array">
          <xTablosu id="id1" soapenv:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xsi:type="ns4:birBaskaMetotAdiBilgisi">
            <aciklama xmlns:ns4="http://someAddress.com" xsi:type="xsd:string">Birtakım açıklamalar</aciklama>
            <deger xmlns:ns4="http://someAddress.com" xsi:type="xsd:string">1033.65</deger>
            <tip xmlns:ns4="http://someAddress.com" xsi:type="xsd:string">4</tip>
            <unvan xmlns:ns4="http://someAddress.com" xsi:type="xsd:string" xsi:nil="true" />
          </xTablosu>
        </xTablosu>
        <yTablosu xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:ns2="http://someAddress.com" soapenc:arrayType="ns2:birBaskaMetotAdiBilgisi[1]" xsi:type="soapenc:Array">
          <yTablosu id="id2" soapenv:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xsi:type="ns5:birBaskaMetotAdiBilgisi">
            <aciklama xmlns:ns5="http://someAddress.com" xsi:type="xsd:string">Bazı açıklamalar</aciklama>
            <deger xmlns:ns5="http://someAddress.com" xsi:type="xsd:string">361.21</deger>
            <tip xmlns:ns5="http://someAddress.com" xsi:type="xsd:string">3</tip>
            <unvan xmlns:ns5="http://someAddress.com" xsi:type="xsd:string" xsi:nil="true" />
          </yTablosu>
        </yTablosu>
        <referanssizBirAlan xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:ns2="http://someAddress.com" xsi:type="ns2:referanssizBirAlan" xsi:nil="true" />
      </anaMetotAdiSorgulaReturn>
    </ns1:anaMetotAdiSorgulaResponse>
  </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>