redundant text in output xml

metinhoclam · August 13th, 2010, 06:01 AM

I have problem with my transformation file.
For the target file, after success in putting the text inside the tag. It appears the redundancy text after tags for text output. For example:

<person id="122345" name "Assand"> Assan
<hair color="red" style="curly">
<measure long="0.5 m"/>
</hair> Assanredcurly0.5 m
</person>
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I don't know what is the problem?
I got the suggestion like: <xsl:template match="text()" mode="#all" />
And it works.
I want to know: what is the problem with the text output? Is there any solution to deal with problem without use <xsl:template match="text()" mode="#all" />.

mrame · August 13th, 2010, 06:09 AM

Post the input xml, xslt code and the needed output xml.

samjudson · August 13th, 2010, 06:11 AM

There are two built in template in XSLT. The first processes all child elements for any element that does not have a specific template:

Code:

<xsl:template match="*">
<xsl:apply-templates />
</xsl:template>

The second output all text from text nodes:

Code:

<xsl:template match="text()">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</xsl:template>

These two templates apply whatever values you have for mode.

Without seeing your XSLT and input XML it is hard to say anything more specific.

mhkay · August 13th, 2010, 06:55 AM

>I don't know what is the problem?
>I got the suggestion like: <xsl:template match="text()" mode="#all" />
>And it works.

You'd be good as a crossword-puzzle compiler. Give people just enough information to solve the problem, but no more. Don't show them your code (that would make debugging too easy), just tell them a change to the code that makes it work.

Well, the fact that adding the above rule eliminates the unwanted text means that the unwanted text is coming from the built-in template for text nodes, which means that somewhere you are doing an apply-templates that selects text nodes; or it might be an apply-templates that selects elements node ancestors of those text nodes if there isn't a specific template rule to process those elements. Beyond that, without your code, we can't tell.