RE: [xsl] Creating a cdata section using xsl

Subject: RE: [xsl] Creating a cdata section using xsl
From: "Paul Signorelli" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 07:50:35 -0500
Chris thanks for the concern, but the reason why I want to do it is valid,
and I wasn't really looking for commentary.  I only gave a simple example.
My actual problem is a bit more complex.  I am creating one XML document
that is acting as a transport mechanism to other systems.  The cdata section
encapsulated in the display tag contains information that is only understood
by the recipient objects.  In your implementation the objects that package
and send the data would be enormously complex because they would have to
understand the data structures of every object they send data to.

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Chris Bayes
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 7:36 PM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [xsl] Creating a cdata section using xsl


Paul,
Why on earth would you want to do this?
If it's valid xml which it must be to get this far why write it out as a
cdata. What is wrong with
<doc>
   <display>
            <html>
                <body>John Doe</body>
            </html>
   <display>
</doc>
Something not mentioned on here ever is the cdata-section-elements attribute
on the xsl:output element. So

<xsl:output method="xml" cdata-section-elements="body" />

will get you

<body><![CDATA[John Doe]]></body>

Which isn't what you want. But if you really want to make life difficult for
yourself then

<xsl:template match="/">
<doc>
   <display>
		<xsl:value-of disable-output-escaping="yes"
select="concat('&lt;','![CDATA[')" />
            <html>
                <body><xsl:value-of select="/person/name" /></body>
            </html>
		<xsl:value-of disable-output-escaping="yes" select="concat(']]', '&gt;')"
/>
   </display>
</doc>
</xsl:template>

I don't think you want to really do that though.

Ciao Chris

XML/XSL Portal
http://www.bayes.co.uk/xml


>I am using a stylesheet to take one xml document (source xml) and
>convert it to another xml document (result xml).  A section of the
>result xml is written out as cdata, however, it has data that needs to
>be parsed and inserted from the source xml before it is written out.
>
>For example, given the source document:
>
><person>
>    <name>John Doe</name>
></person>
>
>I want a rusulting document that looks like:
>
><doc>
>   <display>
>        <[!CDATA[
>            <html>
>                <body>John Doe</body>
>            </html>
>        ]]>
>   <display>
></doc>
>
>I have found no way to do this.  I either get:
>
><doc>
>   <display>
>        <[!CDATA[
>            <html>
>                <body><xsl:value-of select="name"/></body>
>            </html>
>        ]]>
>   <display>
></doc>
>
>or I get
>
><doc>
>   <display>
>            <html>
>                <body>John Doe</body>
>            </html>
>  <display>
></doc>
>
>Does any one have any ideas??
>
>
>
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