Comments on: IndentXml CF UDF https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2008/05/01/indentxml-cf-udf/ Thoughts, rants, and even some code from the mind of Barney Boisvert. Thu, 11 Sep 2014 09:58:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: barneyb https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2008/05/01/indentxml-cf-udf/comment-page-1/#comment-83191 barneyb Thu, 01 May 2008 22:21:35 +0000 http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/?p=388#comment-83191 XSL's an interesting solution, though it requires the source to be valid XML, and doesn't reformat the document, it creates a new document with the same semantics. Self-closed and empty-body elements have identical semantics; there's no way to carry the distinction through an actual transformation. This XSL also doesn't preserve CDATA blocks. So while XSL is probably a more pure solution, it's not without downsides. XSL's an interesting solution, though it requires the source to be valid XML, and doesn't reformat the document, it creates a new document with the same semantics. Self-closed and empty-body elements have identical semantics; there's no way to carry the distinction through an actual transformation. This XSL also doesn't preserve CDATA blocks. So while XSL is probably a more pure solution, it's not without downsides.

]]> By: Joshua https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2008/05/01/indentxml-cf-udf/comment-page-1/#comment-83184 Joshua Thu, 01 May 2008 22:12:51 +0000 http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/?p=388#comment-83184 I usually use xsl transforms. Although that may not have been useful for what you wanted? There are several variants on this available on the web. <code> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:output method="xml"/> <xsl:param name="indent-increment" select="' '" /> <xsl:template match="*"> <xsl:param name="indent" select="' '"/> <xsl:value-of select="$indent"/> <xsl:copy> <xsl:copy-of select="@*" /> <xsl:apply-templates> <xsl:with-param name="indent" select="concat($indent, $indent-increment)"/> </xsl:apply-templates> <xsl:value-of select="$indent"/> </xsl:copy> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="comment()|processing-instruction()"> <xsl:copy /> </xsl:template> <!-- WARNING: this is dangerous. Handle with care --> <xsl:template match="text()[normalize-space(.)='']"/> </xsl:stylesheet> </code> I usually use xsl transforms. Although that may not have been useful for what you wanted? There are several variants on this available on the web.

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="xml"/>
<xsl:param name="indent-increment" select="' '" />

<xsl:template match="*">
<xsl:param name="indent" select="'&#xA;'"/>

<xsl:value-of select="$indent"/>

<xsl:copy>
<xsl:copy-of select="@*" />
<xsl:apply-templates>
<xsl:with-param name="indent"
select="concat($indent, $indent-increment)"/>

</xsl:apply-templates>
<xsl:value-of select="$indent"/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="comment()|processing-instruction()">

<xsl:copy />
</xsl:template>

<!-- WARNING: this is dangerous. Handle with care -->
<xsl:template match="text()[normalize-space(.)='']"/>

</xsl:stylesheet>

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