Re: [xsl] Empty object

[scott gabelhart <swgabel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Kay wrote:

> You're going to have to explain yourself better.
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> What's the input?
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> What's the desired output?
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> What do you mean by "empty"?
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> What on earth has SAX got to do with it?
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> Michael Kay
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> > Subject: [xsl] Empty object
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> > What is the best method for transforming empty objects that 
> > will parse 
> > sucessfully with SAX?
> >
> > Example my current output contains
> > <tr><td>{blank , space...etc}</td></tr>
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > - Scott
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Michael,

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.

Of course when my transform complete I am stuck with XHTML that contains 
my favorite NONbreaking Space character.
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} 
Attempting to include the string <xsl:text 
disable-output-escaping="yes">&amp;amp;nbsp;</xsl:text> without much 
luck at the moment.

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?

Thanks in advance.

- Scott

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