Match processing-instruction()|comment()
File: Data.xml
<wine grape="Chardonnay">
<product>product 2</product>
<year>1997</year>
<price>10.99</price>
</wine>
File: Transform.xslt
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version="1.0">
<xsl:template match="wine[@grape='Cabernet']">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates />
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="wine" />
<xsl:template match="@*|node()|processing-instruction()|comment()">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates
select="@*|node()|processing-instruction()|comment()" />
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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