XSLT <xsl:element>Element
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Definition and Usage
The <xsl:element> element is used to create an element node in the output document.
Syntax
<xsl:element
name="name"
namespace="URI"
use-attribute-sets="namelist">
<!-- Content:template -->
</xsl:element>
name="name"
namespace="URI"
use-attribute-sets="namelist">
<!-- Content:template -->
</xsl:element>
Attributes
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| name | name | Required. Specifies the name of the element to be created. (An expression can be used to assign a value to the name attribute. This expression is evaluated at runtime, for example: <xsl:element name="{$country}" />) |
| namespace | URI | Optional. Specifies the namespace URI of the element. (An expression can be used to assign a value to the namespace attribute. This expression is evaluated at runtime, for example: <xsl:element name="{$country}" namespace="{$someuri}"/>) |
| use-attribute-sets | namelist | Optional. A space-separated list of attribute sets that contain attributes to be added to the element. |
Example 1
Create an element named "singer" that contains the value of each artist element:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:for-each select="catalog/cd">
<xsl:element name="singer">
<xsl:value-of select="artist" />
</xsl:element>
<br />
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:for-each select="catalog/cd">
<xsl:element name="singer">
<xsl:value-of select="artist" />
</xsl:element>
<br />
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
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