XSLT2.0 output XML node tree in comment tags

[RolfK]

Hello All,

I'm trying to output an XML node tree in COMMENT tags.
Processing is done with XSLT2.0.

The output schould be avild xml like this:

<root>
<e c="some element 1"/>
<e c="some element 2"/>
<!--
<e c="some element 2 in comment"/>
-->

<e c="some element 2"/>
</root>

So my questions is how to get the '<e>some element 2 in comment</e>'
in the comment tags
I tried this
<xsl:comment>
<xsl:copy-of select="...somenode...."/>
</xsl:comment>

But this does not create any printed xml as we know.
What is the solution ?

Rolf

 

[Martin Honnen]

I'm trying to output an XML node tree in COMMENT tags.

Comments in XML do not contain other nodes.

Processing is done with XSLT2.0.

The output schould be avild xml like this:

<root>
<e c="some element 1"/>
<e c="some element 2"/>
<!--
<e c="some element 2 in comment"/>
-->

<e c="some element 2"/>
</root>

So my questions is how to get the '<e>some element 2 in comment</e>'
in the comment tags
I tried this
<xsl:comment>
<xsl:copy-of select="...somenode...."/>
</xsl:comment>

But this does not create any printed xml as we know.
What is the solution ?

You would have to serialize the node and put the serialized string into
the comment. Saxon 9 has an extension function to serialize, see
<URL:http://www.saxonica.com/documentation/extensions/functions/serialize.html>

Example:

<xsl:stylesheet
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:saxon="http://saxon.sf.net/"
exclude-result-prefixes="saxon"
version="2.0">

<xslutput method="xml" name="o1"/>

<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:comment select="saxon:serialize(*, 'o1')"/>
<example/>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>