I saw an identity transform on msdn online that goes like this:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; >
<xsl:template match="/ | @* | node()">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="@* | node()"/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
however this is not a true identity transform since CDATA sections enclosed
in the original xml document in <![CDATA[ ]]> is output as regular
characters. I don't know if there are other elements besides CDATA elements
that also don't get translated truthfully.
can someone suggest a new identity template that will render the output
based on the input exactly as if one were to issue a 'copy' command at a dos
prompt, or at least get closer to it than the template above?
eg:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<docroot>
<element id="a"/>
<![CDATA[ this is cdata ]]>
<element id="b"/>
</docroot>
should become:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<docroot>
<element id="a"/>
<![CDATA[ this is cdata ]]>
<element id="b"/>
</docroot>
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