RE: How to normalize XML???

> Is there any way in Xerces or JAXP API to normalize
> the spaces from the XML.

This isn't an xslt question - it should really be directed elsewhere,
however...

there is the normalize() function (org.w3c.dom.Node)

http://xml.apache.org/xerces-j/apiDocs/org/w3c/dom/Node.html#normalize()


cheers
andrew


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> Subject:  How to normalize XML???
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> Hi XSL Gurus,
> 
> Is there any way in Xerces or JAXP API to normalize
> the spaces from the XML.
> <Source>
>    <Arg>some text</Arg>
> </Source>
> I have an indented XML as above and whenever I parse
> it, I expect single child under Source node but it
> give me nodelist of 3 elements just because my xml is
> indented.
> 
> Do I need to write my xml inline, or check the element
> type for every node ???
> 
> Can't I say normalize the XML so that it strips out
> unnesary spaces from the xml???
> I am using JAXP and Xerces.
> 
> Can somebody help in this regard??? 
> 
> Thanks
> Dennis
> 
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