Re: [xsl] Empty object

[scott gabelhart <swgabel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Kay wrote:

> > my mistake SAX has nothing to do with my problem...rather Xalan.
> >
> > My input xml file contains empty elements that I need to carry the 
> > corresponding attribute values for each of these empty elements.
> >    
>
> I'm sorry, I don't understand your English, could you explain it in XML?
> As I asked before, what does your input look like, and what do you want
> your output to look like?
>  
>
> > Of course when my transform complete I am stuck with XHTML 
> > that contains 
> > my favorite NONbreaking Space character.
> >    
>
> I don't understand the "Of course", I don't know why your output has
> NBSP characters, and I don't know why you want to get rid of them.
>
>
>  
>
> > Need to have my XHTML output to contain
> >
> > <td style="bla" ..etc> {space currently is occupied by the 
> > NONbreaking 
> > Space character}. Need to replace when the actual element is 
> > empty the 
> > {NONbreaking Space character with a valid space holding character}
> >    
>
> Is the input element empty, or does it contain a non-breaking space
> character? I am completely confused.
>
>
>  
>
> > Attempting to include the string <xsl:text 
> > disable-output-escaping="yes">&amp;amp;nbsp;</xsl:text> without much 
> > luck at the moment.
> >    
>
> You said before that you didn't want NBSP characters, so why are you
> writing code that's designed to generate them?
>  
>
> > What is a best practice method for first determining if a element is 
> > empty; then replace that NONbreaking Space character with a character 
> > that will parse properly with Xalan?
> >
> >    
>
> If the element is empty then by definition it doesn't contain a
> non-breaking space character.
>
> Non-breaking space characters are perfectly legal in XML and will not
> cause Xalan any problems.
>
> Michael Kay
>
>
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>  
Michael,

input xml file contains elements that are not empty but contain &nbsp;

<OBJECT>&nbsp;</OBJECT> This nonbreaking space character is needed to 
keep the space in this element.

When I run my transform the XHTML output contains <OBJECT>nbsp;</OBJECT> 
which of course is wrong. I need the final XHTML output to contain 
<OBJECT>&nbsp;</OBJECT>.

What do I need to add to my transform to assure that when my OBJECT 
element contains a nonbreaking space character ; my transformed XHTML 
output contains <OBJECT>&nbsp;</OBJECT>.

- Scott

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