[xsl] disable out escaping for the CDATA section

[Arulraj <p_arulraj@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,

I need some clarification to use disable-output-escaping attribute in
XSL.

Here is my sample XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<PurchaseOrder OrderDate="2008-11-14"
xmlns="http://www..oracle.com/pcbpel/po";>
   <ID xmlns="">ID66&lt;</ID>
<script>
        <![CDATA[
          if (a < b && a < 0) then {
return 1;
          else
           return 0;
        ]]>
</script>
</PurchaseOrder>

And my XSL has the following code

<xsl:stylesheet
version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
  <!-- Root
template -->
  <xsl:template match="/">
  <xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="script">
   <xsl:value-of select="."
disable-output-escaping="yes"/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="ID">
<xsl:value-of select="." disable-output-escaping="yes"/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

While generating the output to XML or HTML and then see the
view source.. it has the following output

<?xml version="1.0"
encoding="UTF-16"?>ID66<

          if (a &lt; b &amp;&amp; a &lt; 0) then {
return 1;

          else

           return 0;

 Why the result from CDATA
section shows as &lt; instead of < and &amp; instead of &  even though i have
used d-o-e yes ?

Refered
http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/N2215.html#d3989e280
Conversely <![CDATA
only quotes < and & in the input: it has no effect
on the output, <![CDATA[ <
]]> will be output as &lt; unless d-o-e is
used.

Regards,
Arul



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