Output is not displaying in HTML format after transforming the xml result using xslt when the attribute name contains special character

Question

My xml has just 1 value as name =RDXXX-LOWER_DECK, value=10 mm. When this is transformed using xslt I get output correctly as below:

 <table>
 <tr valign="top">
 <td width="200">RDXXX-LOWER_DECK</td>
 <td width="200">10.000000000000 mm</td>
 </tr>
 </table>

But when I replace RDXXX-LOWER_DECK as RDXXX||LOWER_DECK (hyphen is replaced with double pipe) I don't get the output. Empty value is printed and name is printed as "Attribute".

 <table>
 <tr valign="top">
 <td width="200">Attribute</td>
 <td width="200"></td>
 </tr>
 </table>

KIndly let me know how to retain || in the output.

My code is as below:

 <xsl:template match="wc:INSTANCE">
 <table border="1">
 <xsl:for-each select="*">
  <xsl:if test='(local-name(.)!="obid") and (local-name(.)!="CLASS")'>
    <tr valign="top">
      <td width="200">
        <xsl:value-of select="local-name(.)"/>
      </td>
      <td width="200"><xsl:value-of select='.'/></td>
    </tr>
  </xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
 </table>
 </xsl:template>

Answer 1

My xml has just 1 value as name =RDXXX-LOWER_DECK, value=10 mm.
But when I replace RDXXX-LOWER_DECK as RDXXX||LOWER_DECK (hyphen is replaced with double pipe)...

If by that you mean that you have an XML like this:

<RDXXX-LOWER_DECK>10mm</RDXXX-LOWER_DECK>

and you changed it to look like this:

<RDXXX||LOWER_DECK>10mm</RDXXX||LOWER_DECK>

then you no longer have a well-formed XML document. The | character is not allowed in an element name .

... I don't get the output. Empty value is printed and name is printed as "Attribute".

That is strange, because you should have been getting an error.