XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[Robert Koberg <rob AT koberg.com>]

David Forslund wrote:
> I'm transforming an XML file with an XSLT file to create HTML.   When I
> use the DOM I get <textarea ...></textarea>
> when I use XOM I get <textarea ../> instead. (This is the case when
> there is nothing in the textarea to begin with).  This is certainly
> legitimate xml but browsers fail to terminate the <textarea> element
> (Firefox and IE).  I've not figured out how to get the <textarea
> ...></textarea> to be generated by XOM.  (I'm using 1.1b5).  Any
> suggestions?

You could try to put xml:space="preserve" on the source XML or match the 
the textarea:

<xsl:template match="textarea">
 <textarea xml:space="preserve">
   <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
   <xsl:apply-templates/>
 </textarea>
</xsl:template>

I'd be curious to know if either of those work with XOM.

At worst, you could stick in a comment with a space... I usually put in 
some default text (if empty) and on onclick empty it with javascript for 
entry.

This is a pain in general with outputting XHTML with XSL 1.

best,
-Rob