XSLT <xsl: preserve-space> and <xsl: strip-space> element

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Definition and Usage

<Xsl: preserve-space> element defines the elements left blank.

<Xsl: strip-space> element defines delete empty elements.

NOTE: Leave blank is the default setting, so use only when: It is necessary to use <xsl strip-space> element <xsl: preserve-space> element.

NOTE: <xsl: preserve-space> element and <xsl: strip-space> element is the top-level element (top-level element).

grammar

<xsl:preserve-space elements="list-of-element-names"/>

<xsl:strip-space elements="list-of-element-names"/>

Attributes

属性	值	描述
elements	list-of-element-names	必需。一个空格分隔的元素列表，规定了保留/删除空白的元素。注意：列表中可包含 "" 和 "prefix:"，这样就可以加入所有元素或来自特定命名空间的所有元素。

属性

值

描述

elements

list-of-element-names

必需。一个空格分隔的元素列表，规定了保留/删除空白的元素。

注意：列表中可包含 "*" 和 "prefix:*"，这样就可以加入所有元素或来自特定命名空间的所有元素。

Example 1

In this case, we reserve the blank nodes title and artist elements, and removed from blank nodes country, company, price and year elements:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

<xsl:strip-space elements="country company price year" />
<xsl:preserve-space elements="title artist" />

<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<body>
<xsl:for-each select="catalog/cd">

<xsl:value-of select="title" /> 
<xsl:value-of select="artist" /> 
<xsl:value-of select="country" /> 
<xsl:value-of select="company" /> 
<xsl:value-of select="price" /> 
<xsl:value-of select="year" />

</xsl:for-each>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

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