RE: [xsl] Result tree fragment to string? result as CDATA

Subject: RE: [xsl] Result tree fragment to string? result as CDATA
From: "Rushforth, Peter" <prushfor@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:27:35 -0400
Hi,

I think I have a similar problem, but not constrained by the XSLT
version
or environment as for James.

Specifically,  I'm trying to generate an output document with a
description
element that looks like this

... other markup in result document...
<description><![CDATA[
              <html>
                <head>
                  <title>this is a test</title>
                </head>
                <body>
                  <b>this is a test</b>
                </body>
              </html>]]>
</description>
... more result document here ...

The solutions I've seen thus far all seem to end up with the markup
escaped.

I specifically don't want the markup to be escaped, but I do want
the <description> element to have an xs:string value.  Is there any way
to
achieve this?

Cheers,
Peter

> > > Do I have any options left for converting the result tree
> fragment
> > > to
> > a
> > > string?
> >
> > no
>
> Hmm... could he do something like:
>
> <xsl:variable name="xml">
>   <xsl:call-template name="serialize-tree">
>     <xsl:with-param name="nodes" select="$result-tree" />
>   </xsl:call-template>
> </xsl:variable>
>
> <xsl:template name="serialize-tree">
>   <xsl:param name="nodes" />
>   <xsl:apply-templates select="$nodes" mode="serialize" />
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template name="quote-attribute">
>   <xsl:param name="value" />
>   <!-- quote attribute's value -->
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template match="node()" mode="serialize" />
>
> <xsl:template match="@*" mode="serialize">
>   <xsl:variable name="dq">
>     <xsl:text>"</xsl:text>
>   </xsl:variable>
>   <xsl:variable name="value">
>     <xsl:call-template name="quote-attribute">
>       <xsl:with-param name="value" select="." />
>     </xsl:call-template>
>   </xsl:variable>
>   <xsl:value-of
> select="concat('&#32;',local-name(),'=',$dq,$value,$dq)" />
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template match="*" mode="serialize">
>   <xsl:value-of select="concat('&lt;',local-name())" />
>   <xsl:apply-templates select="@*" mode="serialize" />
>   <xsl:value-of select="string('&gt;')" />
>   <xsl:apply-templates select="*" mode="serialize" />
>   <xsl:value-of select="concat('&lt;/',local-name(),'&gt;')"
/> </xsl:template>
>
> The above doesn't handle namespaces, processing-instructions,
> comments, or mixed content, but it could be hacked to do so.
> Is there a reason why this approach would not work in XSL 1.0
> to satisfy his needs?

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