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JSP 'XML-like' syntax isn't totally (was RE: symbols < and > in attribute)
- From: sara dot mitchell at ps dot ge dot com
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- Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 15:07:28 -0500
- Subject: JSP 'XML-like' syntax isn't totally (was RE: [xsl] symbols < and > in attribute)
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Unfortunately, the XML-like syntax for JSP is not *always*
identical. Doesn't look like it affects this example, but
there is at least one situation where you can't use the
XML-like syntax in JSP: <%@include file="URI" %> is not
functionally equivalent to <jsp:include file="uri"/>.
My limited understanding is that the first construct is
compiled in the JSP before execution while the latter
is a run-time include and this can affect performance.
(Please don't strike with lightening here -- I'm quoting
someone who knows JSP, not speaking out of personal
understanding :)
So, if you're stuck in a situation where the XML-like syntax
doesn't work, there is a third alternative *if* you are
using a processor that supports disable-output-escaping --
to treat the entire line for the start-tag *and* the line
for the end-tag for the node using JSP variables as a text
string. It isn't elegant, but it does work (having had
precisely this same problem).
You end up with things that look like this in your templates:
<xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes"><![CDATA[<body class="helpBodyText"
<%=bodyAttributes%>>]]>
</xsl:text>
or like this:
<xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes"><![CDATA[<%@include
file="/communities/ebiz/inc/vars.jsp" %>]]></xsl:text>
Sara
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Brown [mailto:mike@skew.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 9:18 AM
> To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> Subject: Re: [xsl] symbols < and > in attribute
>
>
> Ernesto Reinaldo wrote:
> > I'm generating JSP pages from an XML document and in
> > these pages I need to have tags of the following form
> >
> > <mytag ttr1="<%= value%>"/>.
> >
> > [...]
> > So my
> > my question is if there is a "clean" way to go around
> > that?
>> [...]
> That's correct, there is no way to do this in XSLT when using the HTML
> or XML output methods, not even by using
> disable-output-escaping, since
> disable-output-escaping is only allowed to affect text nodes, if it is
> supported at all.
> [...]
> - Mike
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