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Subject: RE: [xsl] How to trim leading and trailing spaces in xsl:attribute? From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 11:22:23 +0100 |
You can put xml:space="preserve" anywhere in a stylesheet (it affects all text node descendants of that element), but as I say, I wouldn't recommend it. I mentioned it as a possible explanation of the problems this poster was having. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Mukul Gandhi [mailto:mukul_gandhi@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 26 May 2005 10:05 > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [xsl] How to trim leading and trailing spaces in > xsl:attribute? > > Hi Mike, > Where we must specify xml:space="preserve" attribute > (to preserve whitespace only text nodes in > stylesheet)? > > Would it be at this tag - > <xsl:stylesheet xml:space="preserve" ... > > Regards, > Mukul > > --- Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > You can write > > > > <xsl:attribute name="x"> > > <xsl:value-of select="abc"/> > > </xsl:attribute> > > > > Whitespace-only text nodes in a stylesheet are > > ignored, unless you specify > > xml:space="preserve" (which I wouldn't recommend). > > > > Michael Kay > > http://www.saxonica.com/ > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Karr, David [mailto:david.karr@xxxxxxxx] > > > Sent: 25 May 2005 18:41 > > > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: [xsl] How to trim leading and trailing > > spaces in > > > xsl:attribute? > > > > > > I have an "<xsl:attribute>" element in my > > stylesheet, and its value is > > > an "<xsl:value-of>" reference which then calls an > > XPATH function. The > > > resulting single line is a little ugly. I'd like > > to format > > > the line so > > > it's a little more readable. Unfortunately, I > > appear to be limited by > > > the semantics of the "<xsl:attribute>" element. > > It does not trim > > > leading and trailing spaces, and it encodes any > > newlines found in the > > > resulting value. > > > > > > I'm using JDK 1.4.2, in case there are constraints > > in the native TRAX > > > implementation inherent in that. > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com
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