Preserve White Space?

[Smeat]

Hi

I'm using an xslt to transform an xml doc and this works correctly.

My issue if that the xml in the target file is all on a single line making it difficult to view in an editor.

Id there a way I can instruct to XSLT to preserve the line breaks so that it is easier to read once transformed?

Thanks in advance for any help

Smeat

 

[Smeat]

The following is the xslt file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="

http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

<xsl:template match="/">
<Vehicles>
<xsl:apply-templates />
</Vehicles>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="Vehicle">
<Vehicle>
<Make><xsl:value-of select="Make" /></Make>
<Model><xsl:value-of select="Model" /></Model>
<Derivative><xsl:value-of select="Range" /></Derivative>
<FuelType><xsl:value-of select="Fuel" /></FuelType>
<GearBoxType><xsl:value-of select="Transmission" /></GearBoxType>
<InsuranceGroup><xsl:value-of select="InsuranceGroup" /></InsuranceGroup>
<SellingPrice><xsl:value-of select="RetailPrice" /></SellingPrice>
<Mileage><xsl:value-of select="Mileage" /></Mileage>
<CC><xsl:value-of select="EngineCC" /></CC>
<Registration><xsl:value-of select="Registration" /></Registration>
<Options>
<xsl:apply-templates select="Options" />
</Options>

<Images>
<xsl:apply-templates select="Images" />
</Images>
</Vehicle>
</xsl:template>


<xsl:template match="Options">
<xsl:for-each select="Option">
<Option>
<OptionCode><xsl:value-of select="Code" /></OptionCode>
<OptionDescription><xsl:value-of select="Description" /></OptionDescription>
</Option>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="Images">
<xsl:for-each select="Image">
<Image>
<ImageData><xsl:value-of select="Fullsize" /></ImageData>
</Image>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

 

[chiph]

You might look at using the xml:space attribute.

But really, XML doesn't care about whitespace between elements -- an XML parser treats it all the same. It's only when we humans want to look at a document that people start complaining. I would invest in a good XML-aware editor, or for casual users, just have them use Internet Explorer.

Chip H.


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