XSLT <xsl:element> Element
Definition and Usage
The <xsl:element> element is used to create element nodes in the output document.
Syntax
<xsl:element name="name" namespace="URI" use-attribute-sets="namelist"> <!-- Content:template --> </xsl:element>
Attribute
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| name | name | Required. Specifies the name of the element to be created (you can use an expression to assign the name attribute, which is calculated at runtime, for example: <xsl:element name="{$country}"/>) |
| namespace | URI | Optional. Specifies the namespace URI of the element. (You can use an expression to assign the namespace attribute, which is calculated at runtime, for example: <xsl:element name="{$country}" namespace="{$someuri}"/>) |
| use-attribute-sets | namelist | Optional. A set of space-separated attributes that includes the attributes to be added to the element. |
Instance
Example 1
An element named "singer" is created, which 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>
