Re: Having Tags when the output method is text

Hi Swati,

> Here is my problem description. I have to generate a jsp file using
> xslt . The problem lies in that jsp contains both html tags plus
> some java specific code enclosed in <% generally. If i use the
> output format as html or xml then everywhere i have to disable
> output escaping because in the output file i want < and not &lt; .
> If i use the output format as text, the html tags have to be
> included in the cdata section or else they donot appear in the
> output. Is there any better way where i can obtain the combination
> the text and html and have minimum number of cdatas or disable
> output escapings?

The better way is to use the XML syntax for JSP so that you don't need
to have <%...%> in the output at all. There's a useful
summary/cheat-sheet on the XML syntax for JSP and how it maps to the
normal syntax at http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/pdf/card12.pdf. Once
you're creating XML, of course, there's no disabling of output
escaping required.

If you can't use that, for some reason, you could minimise the number
of disable-output-escapings by creating named template(s) for doing the
messy work, something like:

<xsl:template name="jsp:scriptlet">
  <xsl:param name="content" />
  <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&lt;%</xsl:text>
  <xsl:value-of select="$content" />
  <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">%&gt;</xsl:text>
</xsl:template>

and then calling that named template to create the JSP code:

  <xsl:call-template name="jsp:scriptlet">
    <xsl:with-param name="content">
      ... your code in here ...
    </xsl:with-param>
  </xsl:call-template>

The good thing about doing it that way is that it will make it easy to
switch to the XML syntax later on, when you're able to.
  
Cheers,

Jeni

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http://www.jenitennison.com/


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