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My transformation outputs to a XalanDocument (actually XalanSourceTreeDocument underneath) but W3C DOM functions like DOMElement::setAttribute don work! Am I going crazy or what?

April 26, 2017actually DOM domelement functions outputs Transformation underneath W3C

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My transformation outputs to a XalanDocument (actually XalanSourceTreeDocument underneath) but W3C DOM functions like DOMElement::setAttribute don work! Am I going crazy or what?

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No, you aren’t going crazy. Xalan’s default source tree is read-only for efficiency. If you need a DOM that supports modifications, use the Xerces DOM instead. See the TransformToXercesDOM sample for more information.