XSL and java.lang.transformer

[Angus Parvis]

Hi,

I've already posted this in comp.lang.java.programmer, but it doesn't seem like the ppl there can help. I hope you guys here know more about it, altough my question is more java than xml related

Here's the problem:

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

 

[Derek Harmon]

seem like the ppl there can help. I hope you guys here know more about it, altough my question is more java than xml related

It may surprise you to learn your question(s) are entirely XML-related.

Here's the problem: : :
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!

Most whitespace between elements in the stylesheet is insignificant, unless you direct otherwise. Two options:

1. Add xml:space="preserve" to the xsl:stylesheet element of your stylesheet so that it resembles the following example:

<xsl:stylesheet
version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xml:space="preserve" >

This may preserve more space than you want. Whitespace in in your stylesheet is more-often than not present to aid clarity and readability, and normally this is undesirable in the output.

2. Use an <xsl:text> element. Whitespace in an <xsl:text> element is significant. Here is an example of preserving 3 spaces between two book titles:

<xsl:value-of select="//book[1]/@title" /><xsl:text> </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="//book[2]/@title" />

: :

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

These entities are unknown to the stylesheet. Tell the stylesheet what their definitions are in the DTD internal subset of your style- sheet, as in the following example:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE xsl:stylesheet [
<!ENTITY nbsp " ">
<!ENTITY copy "©">
]>
<xsl:stylesheet
version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" >

Alternately, you can use the character entity reference,  , directly within the content of the stylesheet and dispense with the DTD internal subset altogether.

Derek Harmon

 

[Angus Parvis]

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Derek Harmon

Wooohoo it work's, great haha Thank you.