Subject: Re: [xsl] short and long empty xml elements From: Stephan Kahnt <stephan.kahnt@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:10:53 +0200 |
Am Freitag, 13. Oktober 2006 12:54 schrieb Michael Kay: > > a need to create a xml document that does not contain short > > empty elements like <a/> but instead like this <a></a>. I > > know this is the same, but the parser of the target system > > does not recognize the first version. > > Bite the bullet. XML is a good thing because it's interoperable. If you > have a parser that isn't a conformant XML parser, throw it out and get a > new one, don't try to change the rest of the system to accommodate its > weaknesses. I do completely aggree. The point is that the target system is not in our responsability but is used by a customer. I already tried to convince the customer to replace the system: no way. So we can try to find a nasty solution or we risk to loose the customer. We voted for the first way. > > > I use xalan or saxon. > > > Is there a way to control the kind of output in XSLT ? > > No, but at the Java level there are facilities in Saxon to customize the > serializer by subclassing the various components; you can register a > SerializerFactory that causes your own custom components to be used in > place of the standard ones. If the other proposal of using XHTML-output does not work, we will think a about this solution. Tanks a lot. -- Mit freundlichen Gr|_en / Best regards Stephan Kahnt inubit AG
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