Re: [xsl] Keeping comments in an XML file

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2003-09-03 11:49 -0700, Julie Holloway wrote:
> the comments are removed.  I am
> wondering if there is a better way to keep the
> comments.

<xsl:copy/>   ... an example is below that preserves comments and text 
nodes but nothing else.

I hope this helps.

................ Ken

T:\ftemp>type julie.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<doc>
  <test>
    <!--first comment-->
  </test>
  <!--second comment-->
</doc>
T:\ftemp>type julie.xsl
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
                version="1.0">

<xsl:template match="comment()">
  <xsl:copy/>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>
T:\ftemp>saxon julie.xml julie.xsl
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

    <!--first comment-->

  <!--second comment-->

T:\ftemp>



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