RE: [xsl] [XSL] How to display special characters in a xsl:message

["Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Add the option

-m net.sf.saxon.event.TEXTEmitter

to the command line. This causes xsl:message output to be serialized using
the text output method instead of the XML output method.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alain [mailto:alainb06@xxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 20 October 2007 14:34
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [xsl] [XSL] How to display special characters in a 
> xsl:message
> 
> Hello XSL List members,
> 
> I would like to display characters in a message (eq. through
> xsl:message) on the MS-DOS console such as : > (superior, ascii 0x3E)
> 
> I tried that :
> 
> XSL file :
> ===================================================
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
> <xsl:template match="/">
> <xsl:variable name="msg" select="'>'"/>
> <xsl:message><xsl:value-of select="$msg"/></xsl:message> 
> <xsl:message><xsl:value-of disable-output-escaping="yes" 
> select="$msg"/></xsl:message>
> <xsl:message><xsl:value-of disable-output-escaping="no" 
> select="$msg"/></xsl:message>
> <xsl:message><xsl:text>></xsl:text></xsl:message>
> <xsl:message><xsl:text
> disable-output-escaping="yes">></xsl:text></xsl:message>
> <xsl:message><xsl:text
> disable-output-escaping="no">></xsl:text></xsl:message>
> <xsl:message><![CDATA[>]]></xsl:message>
> 
> <xsl:variable name="msg2" select="'&gt;'"/> 
> <xsl:message><xsl:value-of select="$msg2"/></xsl:message> 
> <xsl:message><xsl:value-of disable-output-escaping="yes" 
> select="$msg2"/></xsl:message>
> <xsl:message><xsl:value-of disable-output-escaping="no" 
> select="$msg2"/></xsl:message>
> <xsl:message><xsl:text>&gt;</xsl:text></xsl:message>
> <xsl:message><xsl:text
> disable-output-escaping="yes">&gt;</xsl:text></xsl:message>
> <xsl:message><xsl:text
> disable-output-escaping="no">&gt;</xsl:text></xsl:message>
> <xsl:message><![CDATA[&gt;]]></xsl:message>
> </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
> 
> 
> XML File
> ===================================================
> Any valid XML file
> 
> 
> Output :
> Saxon 8.9J
> ===================================================
> &gt;
> &gt;
> &gt;
> &gt;
> &gt;
> &gt;
> &gt;
> &gt;
> &gt;
> &gt;
> &gt;
> &gt;
> &gt;
> &amp;gt;
> 
> Xalan1.10
> ===================================================
> XSLT Message: > (...)
> XSLT Message: > (...)
> XSLT Message: > (...)
> XSLT Message: > (...)
> XSLT Message: > (...)
> XSLT Message: > (...)
> XSLT Message: > (...)
> XSLT Message: > (...)
> XSLT Message: > (...)
> XSLT Message: > (...)
> XSLT Message: > (...)
> XSLT Message: > (...)
> XSLT Message: > (...)
> XSLT Message: &gt; (...)
> 
> 
> ==================================================
> Although chapter 4.7 of XSLT2.0 norm says that 
> disable-output-escaping is deprecated and not REQUIRED to be 
> compliant, I would like to be able to have the character '>' 
> in the strings output by xsl:message.
> Xalan looks right to me, as xsl:message are used for debug 
> purpose, or to be nice to the user and tell him what's 
> happening when things can be a little time consuming. So 
> outputting a '>' through xsl:message has little chance of 
> disrupting anything.
> Although I prefer Saxon method that displays only what is in 
> the xsl:message (and no other string I didn't ask as Xalan 
> does) I can't make it output a '>'
> 
> But I can't stick with Xalan because I need XSLT2.0 features 
> to generated my site.
> 
> The XSLT2.0 norm does also says that the feature 
> disable-output-escaping is deprecated has been replaced by 
> character-map. But character-map looks "global" to me (it 
> seams to apply at the xsl:output level), and I want this 
> "no-escaping" only on some xsl:message, and not on my regular 
> output which should be properly escaped when needed.
> For the same reason, I cannot make my output method="text" 
> (which has better chances of not escaping!) because I need 
> XHTML or HTML as regular output.
> 
> Any idea of how to get '>' (or any character XSL will escape) 
> on the MS-DOS console as xsl:message result with Saxon8.9 
> (without un-escaping '>' everywhere on my regular output) ?
> 
> Regards.