Example of <xsl:attribute-set>
The following example creates a named attribute set called title-style
and uses it in a template rule.
XML File (book.xml)
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="attrset.xsl" ?>
<book>
<chapter>
<heading>The First Heading</heading>
</chapter>
<chapter>
<heading>The Next Heading</heading>
</chapter>
</book>
XSLT File (attrset.xsl)
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
<xsl:template match="chapter/heading">
<fo:block quadding="start" xsl:use-attribute-sets="title-style">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</fo:block>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:attribute-set name="title-style">
<xsl:attribute name="font-size">12pt</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="font-weight">bold</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:attribute-set>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output
This is the formatted output:
The following is the processor output, with line breaks added for clarity.
<?xml version="1.0"?> <fo:block font-size="12pt" font-weight="bold" quadding="start" xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format"> The First Heading </fo:block> <fo:block font-size="12pt" font-weight="bold" quadding="start" xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format"> The Next Heading </fo:block>
See Also
Reference
<xsl:attribute> Element
<xsl:element> Element
<xsl:copy> Element