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Java XML Transformer replacing "\n" with a space

I'm using a Java Transformer to convert XML into HTML. When I display the output, everywhere I had a newline string literal delimiter of "\n" in a field, there's simply a space. The only suggestion I've been able to find is: 

transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");

which didn't work. I cannot find anything in the JavaDocs for the TransformerFactory, or Transformer classes that addresses this issue. Any suggestions?

Solution

  • I found the issue. The XSL that was specified for the Transformer included a call to the "normalize-space" function. See: http://www.xsltfunctions.com/xsl/fn_normalize-space.html

    It was removing the newline and replacing it with a single space, as documented.