Subject: [xsl] cdata output and different xslt processors From: "Robert Koberg" <rob@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 14:28:05 -0800 |
I have been porting my presentation layer to use different backend processors. So far using saxon-java has been the easiest except for it's handling of cdata. I was wondering if the was a standard way of handling it, specifically "<" and ">"? To me, it would seem that the xslt processor should supply the markup without escaping it. I have seen a response on this from Mike Kay in a post on Oct 2000 saying: "Because the angle brackets are in a CDATA section, they are ordinary characters, not markup, so they have to be output as ordinary characters." My understanding is that whatever is between cdata brackets should be passed "as-is". Wouldn't this be easiest for people to understand? I realize there must be some reason for Saxon not doing this. What is it? WHy do the other processors I have used not do this? In a situation I have the workaround (xsl:text disable-out-put-escaping="yes") is ugly and does not produce the same results as cdata (that does not escape "<" or ">"). I have to (???) use cdata because i am trying to output some non-standard browser stuff, here is a snippet using xsl:text: <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes"> <DIV STYLE="position:absolute; padding:5px; background:menu; border:2px outset #cccccc;"> <myMenu:menu id="Site" onsubmenu_click="doFunction()" >Site <myMenu:menu id="mnItem_GenSite">Generate Site</myMenu:menu> <myMenu:menu id="mnItem_PromoteSite">Promote Site</myMenu:menu> <myMenu:menu id="mnItem_EditProps_Site">Properties</myMenu:menu> <myMenu:menu id="mnItem_SiteMap">View Sitemap</myMenu:menu> <myMenu:menu id="mnItem_New_Site">Edit Another Site</myMenu:menu> </myMenu:menu> ....snip..... Is there another way I can handle this? I don't want to declare the namespace for the transformation on the server. I want it to be used only on the client. thanks for any help/insight, -Rob XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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