Are you using xsl:output method="text"? If you are, you will have to
generate any XML tags you want in the output "by hand".

Michael Kay 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Jarvis [mailto:djarvis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 27 August 2004 18:06
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  xsl:copy, mode and source code
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I must simplify Java/C source code into a high-level XML 
> representation 
> (which is transformed into source code).  I've hit a snag and would 
> really appreciate some help.
> 
> Consider the following XML, within the "axe" namespace:
> 
>    <axe:message type="response">
>      <pingResult><axe:value-of select="pingOutput" /></pingResult>
>    </axe:message>
> 
> The "axe:message" content can contain XML code or text:
> 
>    <axe:message type="response">
>      <nesting level="1">
>        <pingResult><axe:value-of select="pingOutput" /></pingResult>
>      </nesting>
>    </axe:message>
> 
> The relevant XSL templates include:
> 
>    <xsl:template match="axe:message[@type='response']">
>      AGENT_m.append( <xsl:apply-templates mode="response" /> );
>    </xsl:template>
> 
>    <xsl:template match="@*|node()" mode="response">
>      X<xsl:copy><xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()" /></xsl:copy>
>    </xsl:template>
> 
>    <xsl:template match="*" mode="response">
>      Y<xsl:apply-templates />
>    </xsl:template>
> 
>    <!-- Used by "axe:var", but may be applicable here ... -->
>    <xsl:template match="*|text()">
>      "<xsl:copy-of select="." />"
>      <xsl:if test="position() != last()">+</xsl:if>
>    </xsl:template>
> 
> The result from debugging the template:
> 
>      AGENT_m.append(
>      X
>      X
>      Y
>      AGENT_pingOutput );
> 
> The desired result:
> 
>      AGENT_m.append(
>      "<pingResult>" +
>      AGENT_pingOutput +
>      "</pingResult>" );
> 
> I could try an ugly hack:
> 
>    <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
>      "&lt;<xsl:value-of select="name()" />&gt;"+
>      <xsl:apply-templates /> +
>      "&lt;/<xsl:value-of select="name()" />&gt;"
>    </xsl:template>
> 
> I've also tried xsl:copy-of (for a deep copy), and 
> xsl:for-each over all 
> elements, but no matter what I do, I just can't seem to make 
> <pingResult> appear (much less in quotes with concatentation).  I've 
> read numerous FAQs, a few mailing lists, and searched Google. 
>  After two 
> days of wrestling, I'm stumped; everything I've read leads me 
> to believe 
> that <pingResult> should appear -- but it doesn't!
> 
> Is there an elegant solution?
> 
> Many thanks for any ideas, or smacks along the upside of my head.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Dave Jarvis
> 
> P.S.
> I'm using libxslt from http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/.