Subject: RE: [xsl] merging of text-nodes and CDATA From: "Michael Kay" <mhkay@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 17:34:43 +0100 |
> given the following XML fragment: > > <strval> > <![CDATA[bla ]]> > </strval> > ... My understanding is that the > parser generates three text nodes: > - one containing the first '\n' after <strval> and a couple of spaces, > - one containing 'bla ' > - one with the closing '\n' > No, the parser doesn't generate three text nodes and then merge them. Well, it might, but there is nothing anywhere that says it should. Of course, it would be possible to change the XPath data model so that CDATA boundaries are considered significant in delimiting the strings to be considered as candidates for whitespace elimination; but if CDATA is to be significant for that purpose, people would want it to be significant for lots of other purposes, and you might as well go the whole way of adding CDATA nodes to the model. Mike Kay XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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