I’m guilty of wanting my XSLT to look pretty and hence readable. So I indent and include line breaks as such. But the transform takes these literally (which I understand why), but I don’t know if there is an option to exclude these. I’ve searched extensively. I know a couple of years ago I found a solution, but I don’t recall what it was.
This transformation is used to generate a single line Email Subject and hence I don’t want the extra white space and line returns.
How can I have my readable XSLT with my desired, single line text output?
Example to play with: xsltransform.net
XML Input
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response>
<OrderHeaderId>123456</OrderHeaderId>
<ProjectName>Project</ProjectName>
<RequiresApproval>true</RequiresApproval>
</response>
XSLT
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
<xsl:output method="text" />
<xsl:template match="/response">New Job: <xsl:value-of select="OrderHeaderId"/>:
<xsl:if test="RequiresApproval='true'">
Requires Approval!
</xsl:if>
<xsl:value-of select="ProjectName"/> - Acknowledgement from <xsl:value-of select="SellingCompanyName"/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output
New Job: 123456:
Requires Approval!
Project - Acknowledgement from Acme
** Desired Output**
New Job: 123456: Requires Approval! Project - Acknowledgement from Acme
>Solution :
If you want your stylesheet indented, then use xsl:text instructions to output text explicitly:
XSLT 1.0
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" >
<xsl:output method="text" />
<xsl:template match="/response">
<xsl:text>New Job: </xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="OrderHeaderId"/>
<xsl:text>: </xsl:text>
<xsl:if test="RequiresApproval='true'">
<xsl:text>Requires Approval! </xsl:text>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:value-of select="ProjectName"/>
<xsl:text>- Acknowledgement from </xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="SellingCompanyName"/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>