How to read cdata in xsl

gantait · February 23rd, 2007, 02:21 AM

i want to get cdata section under a perticular tag...
is there any way to read cdata section of xml in my xsl??
how can i get the cdata section contain...

mhkay · February 23rd, 2007, 05:02 AM

CDATA section boundaries are not accessible in the XSLT/XPath data model. CDATA boundaries should never be used to convey significant information - that's what elements are for. CDATA is simply an input convenience to save you from escaping special characters - like the SHIFT LOCK key on your keyboard (you can't detect that either....)

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

gantait · February 23rd, 2007, 05:48 AM

i just need the contain under the cdata...so there is no way to get this contain in xsl??

mhkay · February 23rd, 2007, 06:30 AM

Do I have to tell you the answer twice for you to believe me?

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

bryanarcher · February 26th, 2007, 04:34 AM

Hi Gantait,

Can you supply an example of the xml and the result you require?
It is unclear if you simply need to retrieve the complete contents of the "cdata section" or a portion of it?

For example, given the following xml:

<foo>
<bar><![CDATA[this is my cdata]]></bar>
</foo>

Do you need to retrieve: "this is my cdata"
Or perhaps: "this" ?

Bryan
http://www.3chillies.co.uk