Subject: Re: [xsl] Preserve the structure in output From: Jeni Tennison <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 17:43:57 +0100 |
Hi Earl, > I have a doubt like when i do a transformation of one xml file into > another xml file my resuling xml file does not maintan the structure > of the previous file like Probably you don't really care about the *precise* whitespace in the result, but just want it to be indented so that you can read it better. If so, you can tell the processor to indent your output with: <xsl:output indent="yes" /> However, if you do care that the whitespace in the result is the same as the whitespace in the source, then you have to add the values of the whitespace-only text nodes in the source to the result. This usually happens by default. There are several reasons that it might not be: First, the whitespace might be present in the source node tree, but you might not be outputting it. Perhaps you're not applying templates to it? Or perhaps you're applying templates but have a template that doesn't copy whitespace when it's encountered. Second, you might be stripping the whitespace from the source tree with a xsl:strip-space element at the top level of your stylesheet. If you have one of these, remove it, or override it for all B elements (inside which you want whitespace to be preserved) with: <xsl:preserve-space elements="B" /> or override it for a particular B element using the xml:space attribute set to 'preserve': <B xml:space="preserve"> <C>this is c</C> </B> Third, you might be using MSXML, which strips all whitespace unless you tell it not to. To preserve whitespace in that case, you need to script the transformation and tell MSXML not to strip the whitespace with: DOMDocument.preserveWhiteSpace = true; or again you can use the xml:space attribute set to 'preserve' in the source to indicate that whitespace should be preserved in a particular section of your XML document. I hope that helps, Jeni --- Jeni Tennison http://www.jenitennison.com/ XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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