You might like to look at Andrew Welch's LexEv processor. This converts
entity references into nodes that are retained in the data model. However, I
don't think it can handle numeric character references - these are typically
converted to characters by the XML parser and there is no way to switch this
off.

Regards,

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
http://twitter.com/michaelhkay  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ramkumar [mailto:ramkumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 16 July 2009 12:39
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  How to avoid XML Parsing while XSLT Transform
> 
> Hi List,
> 
> While xslt (xml to xml) transformation, particular hexa 
> decimal entity, for example, Apostrophe is changes into 
> character (not character entity). I need this entity as any 
> form of entity means decimal, character and hexa decimal entity.
> 
> Input (Content):
> He lived in a room above a baker's shop.
> 
> XSLT (saxon9 xslt v2.0):
> <xsl:output method="xml" indent="no" encoding="iso-8859-1"/>
> 
> Transformed Output (Content):
> He lived in a room above a baker's shop.
> 
> Expected Output (Content):
> He lived in a room above a baker&#8217;s shop.
> Or
> He lived in a room above a baker&apos;s shop.
> 
> Provide provide solution for the above issue.
> 
> Regards,
> Ramkumar,