RE: How can I do a string substitution for turning entities into html ta

I'll give this a try today.

I know that the output is not ideal, but its coming from an application
that allows for the freeform entry of html codes, then through JAXB
which is just not fun when it comes to working with a layout that can
change. 

Thanks for the help.


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Jim Hart
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Subject: Re: [xsl] How can I do a string substitution for turning
entities into html tags



On Tuesday, April 15, 2003, at 05:37  PM, Bill Chmura wrote:

> Here is an example of my xml data
>
> <text>
>    &lt;p&gt;Sometext here. Followed by more text&lt;/p&gt;
>    &lt;p&gt;More text.&lt;/p&gt;
>    &lt;li&gt;For more info see &lt;/li&gt;
> </text>
This turns the tags into elements so you can do other things with them 
if you want to. Note that the elements must have open and close tags.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; 
version="1.0">
<xsl:template match="/">
        <xsl:apply-templates select="*"/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="text">
        <xsl:call-template name="makeElements">
                <xsl:with-param name="string"><xsl:value-of
select="text()"/>
                </xsl:with-param>
        </xsl:call-template>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="makeElements">
        <xsl:param name="string"/>
        <xsl:choose>
        <xsl:when test="contains($string,'&lt;')">
                <xsl:value-of
select="substring-before($string,'&lt;')"/>
                <xsl:call-template name="makeElement">
                        <xsl:with-param name="string">
                                <xsl:value-of
select="substring-after($string,'&lt;')"/>
                        </xsl:with-param>
                </xsl:call-template>
        </xsl:when>
        <xsl:otherwise>
                <xsl:value-of select="$string"/>
        </xsl:otherwise>
        </xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="makeElement">
        <xsl:param name="string"/>
        <xsl:element name="{substring-before($string,'&gt;')}">
                <xsl:value-of 
select="substring-before(substring-after($string,'&gt;'),'&lt;')"/>
        </xsl:element>
        <xsl:call-template name="makeElements">
                <xsl:with-param name="string">
                        <xsl:value-of 
select="substring-after(substring-after($string,'&gt;'),'&gt;')"/>
                </xsl:with-param>
        </xsl:call-template>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>



Jim Hart, Project Manager
Academic Technology Services
Library and Information Services
Bates College
Lewiston, Maine, USA


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