Re: How to retain the end tag when outputting an empt

Thanks Martin.



It doesn't seem to be working.



I added this namespace declaration: xmlns:saxon="http://saxon.sf.net"

And added the attribute: <xsl:output method="xml" saxon:canonical="yes" />



I am still getting <test/>



I am using SAXON EE 10.1



Suggestions?



/Roger



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Am 17.06.2022 um 14:15 schrieb Roger L Costello costello@xxxxxxxxx:

Hi Folks,
For this element:
<test>foo</test>
The following XSLT:
      <xsl:template match="*">
          <xsl:element name="{name(.)}">
              <xsl:apply-templates />
          </xsl:element>
      </xsl:template>
      <xsl:template match="text()" />
Outputs this:
<test/>
How do I get the XSLT processor to output both the start tag and the end tag:
<test></test>

That is a serialization feature/requirement, I think in Saxon PE/EE you

can ensure that with canonical serialization

https://www.saxonica.com/html/documentation11/extensions/output-extras/serialization-parameters.html

but of course that does some other normalization as well.