xslt: Generate xml attribute value with single quotation (apostrophe) as delimiter

Question

xslt processing seems always to generate attribute values with double quotation marks as delimiter.
Input xml:

<a b='"c"' />  

Output xml:

<a b="&quot;c&quot;"/>

I have to generate XML files with apostrophe as attribute value delimiter for a phone device. This device only accept attribute values with apostrophe and double quotation marks as delimiter. E.g.:

<SYMB_ITEM ID="BS_Accounts.astAccounts[0].aucAccountName[0]"
class="symb_item" value='"test_3"'/>  

Is it possible to keep apostrophe as delimiter for attribute values with xslt (xlstproc)?

Answer 1

I'm not sure if I understand your question correctly: would setting output to "text" help?

<xsl:output method="text" encoding="utf-8" indent="no"/>

Example XSLT sheet:

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

  <xsl:output method="text" encoding="utf-8" indent="no"/>

  <xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:apply-templates />
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="a">
    &lt;a b='<xsl:value-of select="@b"/>'&gt;
  </xsl:template>                      
</xsl:stylesheet>

For following XML file:

<xml>
  <a b='"c"' />   
  <a b='"x"' />
</xml>

Produces (as I think) desired effect:

<a b='"c"'>
<a b='"x"'>