I'm trying to using DTD entities, containing <xsl:text> elements, to control whitespace. However, I get an error when I try to use the entity in a stylesheet. If I replace the contents of the entity with it's literal contents, it works. Here's a simple .xsl file, where I declare a 'space' entity, that demonstrates the problem:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?> <!DOCTYPE stylesheet [ <!ENTITY space "<xsl:text> </xsl:text>"> ]> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; version="1.0"> <xsl:output method="text"/> <xsl:template match="/"> &space; </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> When I run this, I get the following error: file:///d:/javaweb/fleetservices/edgeweb/working/entity.xsl; Line 10; Column 8; XSLT Error (javax.xml.transform.TransformerConfigurationException): javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: xsl:text is not allowed in this position in the stylesheet! I got the example out of a book, 'XSLT Quickly'. (I removed some extraneous stuff from the example). I'm using the latest binary download of Xalan-J, version 2.2.D14. I'm using the version of Xerces that came with the download. Thanks! Steve Molitor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
