This is the result I get, which I what I think you are after:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<RDF>
   <description><![CDATA[<<<<MY TEST>>>>]]></description>
</RDF>

I have tested this with msxml3,4, saxon 6.5.2 and 7.2 and Xalan 2.4.1. and they all produce the same result.  The only thing I can suggest is that you may be using an older version of Xalan, or somehow you are overriding the serializer.  What version are you using?

cheers
andrew

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hess Yvan [mailto:yvan.hess@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 07 April 2003 14:27
> To: Andrew Welch
> Subject: RE: PLEASE HELP: SAX events and CDATA problem when using
> transformation chaining
> 
> 
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> I already tried to use , but it doesn't change the situation. 
> I still have
> the same problem. I did a simple example 
> 
> XML INPUT:
> ***********
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" standalone="yes"?>
> <RDF>
>   <description><![CDATA[<<<<MY TEST>>>>]]></description>
> </RDF>
> 
> XSL INPUT:
> ***********
> 
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
>    <xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" 
> encoding="ISO-8859-1" indent="yes"
> cdata-section-elements="description"/>
>    <xsl:template match="/">
>         <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
>     </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
> 
> 
> 
> ----> HERE IS MY RESULT:
> ***************************
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
> <RDF>
>   <description>&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;MY TEST&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;</description>
> </RDF>
> 
> Any Idea ? What is wrong. 
> 
> Thanks for your answer. Yvan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Welch [mailto:AWelch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: lundi, 7. avril 2003 14:51
> To: Hess Yvan; xalan-j-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: PLEASE HELP: SAX events and CDATA problem when using
> transformation chaining
> 
> 
> 
> Theres nothing wrong with your setup... you will need to 
> understand what a
> cdata section is a little better.
> 
> If you want to output cdata sections, you need to tell the 
> xslt processor by
> adding
> 
> cdata-section-elements="qname"
> 
> to <xsl:output>.
> 
> So your new stylesheet should look something like:
> 
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
>      xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" 
>      xmlns:custom="ive.added.this">
> 
> <xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"
>      indent="yes" cdata-section-elements="custom:description"/>
> 
>    <xsl:template match="/">
>         <xsl:copy-of select="/"/>
>    </xsl:template>
> 
> </xsl:stylesheet>
> 
> cheers
> andrew
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Hess Yvan [mailto:yvan.hess@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 07 April 2003 13:26
> > To: 'xalan-j-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> > Subject: PLEASE HELP: SAX events and CDATA problem when using
> > transformation chaining
> > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have an urgent problem to solve with Xalan. I am doing XSLT SAX
> > Transformation using Chaining. I am try to transform an XML 
> > using CDATA
> > sections as follow:
> > 
> > XML INPUT:
> > 
> >       <custom:type>
> >          <rdf:Description>
> >             <custom:id>100</custom:id>
> >  
> > <custom:description><![CDATA[<<<<TEST>>>>]]></custom:description>
> >          </rdf:Description>
> >       </custom:type>
> > 
> > CODE:
> >            TransformerHandler transformerHandler;
> > 
> >       this.setContentHandler(transformerHandler);
> >       this.setLexicalHandler(transformerHandler);
> >       
> >       SAXResult result = new SAXResult(xmlConsumer);  /* xmlConsumer
> > implements  ContentHandler and  LexicalHandler */
> >       result.setLexicalHandler(xmlConsumer);
> >      
> >       transformerHandler.setResult(result);
> > 
> > XSL:
> > 
> > <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> > xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
> >    <xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"
> > indent="yes"/>
> >    <xsl:template match="/">
> >         <xsl:copy-of select="/"/>
> >    </xsl:template>
> > </xsl:stylesheet>
> > 
> > 
> > My XMLConsumer classes plays the role of a content handler and a
> > lexicalhandler. When I execute my program I get th following 
> > result where my
> > CDATA has been replaced. I debug my code and I saw that my 
> > lexical hanldler
> > is never called. It is a bug of Xalan or I am doing 
> something wrong ?
> > 
> >      <custom:type>
> >          <rdf:Description>
> >             <custom:id>100</custom:id>
> >  
> > <custom:description>&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;TEST&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;</cust
> > om:description
> > >
> >          </rdf:Description>
> >       </custom:type>
> > 
> > Thanks for your answer because, It is urgent!!!
> > 
> > Regards. Yvan
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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