Remove XML declaration using xslt

Question

I have below XML and want to remove the xml declaration from the payload using XSLT.Please suggest. Input

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> 
<1>
<a>test1</a>
<a>test2</a>
</1> 

Output:

<1>
<a>test1</a>
<a>test2</a>
</1> 

Answer 1

Use the xsl:output tag

<xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes" />

With the identity transform

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes" />
  <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>