Re: [xsl] Embedding XML in another XML

This is easily achieved in XSLT 3.0 using the fn:serialize() function:

<element>{
  serialize($innerXML)
}</element>

With a 1.0 processor you may be able to implement serialize() as an extension 
function.

Michael Kay
Saxonica

> On 26 Jun 2018, at 12:39, Willem Van Lishout 
> willemvanlishout(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com 
> <xsl-list-service(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>  
> I’m required to produce an XML file like this using XSLT 1.0:
>  
> <?xml version=”1.0”?>
> <root>
>   <element>
>     &lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?&gt;
>       &lt;AXFRoot&gt;
>         &lt;MAObject type="default" mdclass="EPISODE"&gt;
>            &lt;GUID dmname=""&gt;595233000&lt;/GUID&gt;
>   .....
>   </element>
> </root>
>
> So basically I have to put a string-encoded XML structure inside another XML. 
> While I'm sure this is theoretically possible by just using <xsl:text>, this 
> does not seem like a sustainable way of working with long and deep structures.
>
> Is this possible without resorting to 'heavier' programming solutions?
>
> If XSLT 2.0 or 3.0 can offer a solution I'd also like to hear.
>
> Unfortunately I am not able to adapt the software on the other side.   
>
> Thanks,
> Willem
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