XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[Robert Koberg <rob AT koberg.com>]

David Forslund wrote:
> 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).


You could check first (untested):

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

<xsl:choose>
  <xsl:when test="node()">

>>    <xsl:apply-templates/>

  </xsl:when>
  <xsl:otherwise>

    <xsl:attribute name="onlclick">emptyMe()</xsl:attribute>
    <xsl:text>Enter text</xsl:text>

  </xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>

>>  </textarea>
>> </xsl:template>


>
> 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
>>
>>
>>
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