XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[David Forslund <forslund AT mail.com>]

This didn't seem to work.  I can put in some data, but I need to check 
if object is coming in with existing data and not append some text to 
it, as sometimes
it is already partially completed (in other words, I want to be able to 
edit the information that already exists from a previous time).

thanks,

Dave
Robert Koberg wrote:

> 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