XSL and java.xml.transform - spaces vanish, not able to use entities

[Angus Parvis]

Hi,

I have a XSL Stylesheet. Using the java.xml.transform.Transformer I
transform XML to HTML. My XSL contains spaces and entities like
"©".

This code for example contains a space between text1 and text2:

<xsl:value-of select="$text1"/> <xsl:value-of select="$text2"/>

But after transformation the space is gone! If there was any space
character in text1 or text2, it's still there, but the space between
those two disappered. What am I doing wrong? I don't want my text to
stick together ..

The second this is a problem with entities. Whenever I use an entity
like "&copy" or "&nbsp;", java.xml.transform.Transformer tells me, that
this entity is unknown and refuses work until i remove the entity from
the HTML code. What's the problem here? How can I use HTML entities
without troubles?

Thanks for your help,

Angus