need < & > sign after applying XSLT

[ankur rathi]

Hi,

I have a requirement where I need following line in an XML file (this file is generated after applying XSLT):

<![CDATA[1]]>

This number is generated dynamically (with the help of for loop).

Now if I write following line in my XSLT:

*![CDATA[<xsl:value-of select='position()'/>]]*

Where first star is: and, lt and colon.
And last star is: and, gt and colon.

I get following in my output XML file:

*![CDATA[2]]*

Which doesn't solve my purpose.

I can't write like this in my XSLT:

<![CDATA[><xsl:value-of select='position()'/>]]>

Please help. How do I get this?

Thanks.

[ankur rathi]

This software was converting and, gt and colon to > so I had to mention it like this...

[Paul Clapham]

Well, you don't really need that, you know. The CDATA section is really just a convenience for people whose serializers can't handle escaping properly and for people typing XML into a text editor. You can just as well output this:

1

and all compliant XML parsers will treat that exactly the same as they would treat

<![CDATA[1]]>

However it's possible to have your XSLT output as CDATA every text child of elements with specific names. Look up the "cdata-section-elements" attribute of the xsl:output element.

[Paul Clapham]

ankur rathi wrote:This software was converting and, gt and colon to < so I had to mention it like this...

You can escape those characters in the forum exactly as you would escape them in an XML document.

[ankur rathi]

Paul Clapham wrote:Well, you don't really need that, you know. The CDATA section is really just a convenience for people whose serializers can't handle escaping properly and for people typing XML into a text editor. You can just as well output this:

1

and all compliant XML parsers will treat that exactly the same as they would treat

<![CDATA[1]]>

However it's possible to have your XSLT output as CDATA every text child of elements with specific names. Look up the "cdata-section-elements" attribute of the xsl:output element.

Thanks Paul.

I have added cdata-section-elements="namelist" in my xsl:output tag but it doesn't make any difference.
Do I need to change something in xsl:value-of tag?

Thanks.

[Paul Clapham]

It worked for me when I just tried it. But I have no idea what "namelist" is so I can't suggest anything except providing information about your question.