Re: [dom4j-user] One (was two) suggested improvements for dom4j

[David D. Lucas]

As previously mentioned...
Item #1 is possible by using the xml construct of xml:space="preserve" 
as an attribute.  Put this on the Data tag like:

<Data xml:space="preserve">     <Font>hi there</Font>   </Data>
and it will keep the spaces in the XML like you placed it.
This can be added programatically by added an attribute to the Data 
Element with the name of xml:space and value of "preserve".


David Thielen wrote:
Hi;
 

I just wanted to make sure item (2) below was still under consideration 
as a new feature for dom4j.

 

Thanks – dave
 

 

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*From:* David Thielen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*Sent:* Monday, December 13, 2004 9:48 AM
*To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
*Subject:* Two suggested improvements for dom4j
 

Hi all;
 

Well, after getting through the Microsoft SpreadsheetML xml format, I’ve 
found two things I think dom4j could really use.

   1. Apparently you can state that white space and cr/lf are part of an
      element and need to be preserved. So <Data><Font>hi
      there</Font></Data> is different from <Data>    <Font>hi
      there</Font>    </Data>. And in this case, there needs to be:
         1. A way to create these nodes initially with the spacing.
         2. A way to make sure that any XMLWriter type class preserves
            it exactly.
   2. A way to mark an element’s text as final/literal so there is no
      translation of any character. So you can give the <Data> element
      the text of <Font>hi there</Font> and it does not change the < to
      a &lt;, etc.
Thanks - dave

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