Re: [xsl] CDATA block to node set.

[Mike Brown <mike@xxxxxxxx>]

Morten Primdahl wrote:
> Hi. Using XSLT 1.0, is it in any way possible to load the contents of
> a CDATA block into a node-tree and process that?
> 
> <a>
>    <b>
>      <![CDATA[ <e><f>hep</f></e> ]]>
>    </b>
> </a>
> 
> For example, I would like to be able to apply templates to the e and f
> elements. Am I correct if this is not possible unless I use extension
> functions?

Correct.

CDATA = "character data" 
      = "may look like markup, but really isn't, and should never be
         treated as such" 
      = "no different than if all '<' were '&lt;' and all '&' were '&amp;'"

   - Mike
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