how to remove comments in xml without removing its text in xslt -

input file

<a> <b> <!--<docinfo:topiccodes><docinfo:topiccode>#pa#hkcrp#</docinfo:topiccode>    <docinfo:topiccode>#pa#hkcrpm#</docinfo:topiccode><docinfo:topiccode>#pa#hkdis#</docinfo:topiccode><docinfo:topiccode>#pa#hkdism#</docinfo:topiccode><docinfo:topiccode>#pa#code#</docinfo:topiccode></docinfo:topiccodes>-->  </b> </a> 

output expexted

<a> <b> <docinfo:topiccodes><docinfo:topiccode>#pa#hkcrp#</docinfo:topiccode>    <docinfo:topiccode>#pa#hkcrpm#</docinfo:topiccode><docinfo:topiccode>#pa#hkdis#</docinfo:topiccode><docinfo:topiccode>#pa#hkdism#</docinfo:topiccode><docinfo:topiccode>#pa#code#</docinfo:topiccode></docinfo:topiccodes>  </b> </a> 

xslt written

<xsl:template match="comment()"> <xsl:value-of select="."/> </xsl:template> 

try this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"     xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/xsl/transform">      <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>     <xsl:output indent="yes" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>      <xsl:template match="*|processing-instruction()|@*">         <xsl:copy>             <xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/>         </xsl:copy>     </xsl:template>      <xsl:template match="comment()">         <xsl:value-of select="." disable-output-escaping="yes"></xsl:value-of>     </xsl:template>  </xsl:stylesheet>