January 2003
Beginner to intermediate
1200 pages
23h 42m
English
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Creating New Attributes
Just as you can create new elements with <xsl:element> and set the element name and content under programmatic control, you can do the same for attributes using the <xsl:attribute> element.
Here's an example. In this case, I'm creating new <PLANET> elements with attributes corresponding to the various planet names and values taken from the COLOR attribute in the original <PLANET> elements:
Listing . ch13_19.xsl
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="PLANETS">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>
Planets
</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<xsl:apply-templates select="PLANET"/>
</BODY>
</HTML>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="PLANET">
<PLANET>
<xsl:attribute ... |