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xsl:attribute-set

Used to declare a named collection of attributes, which will often be used together to define an output style. It is declared at the top level (subordinate to xsl:stylesheet).

Available in XSLT 1.0 and later versions. Available in all Saxon editions.

Attributes

name
eqname
The name of the attribute set.
use-attribute-sets?
eqnames
Used to define this attribute set in terms of other named attribute sets, provided as a space-separated list.
visibility?
"public" | "private" | "final" | "abstract"
New in XSLT 3.0. Determines the potential visibility of the component corresponding to this attribute set; the default is private. All the declarations for an attribute set must have the same value for this attribute.
streamable?
boolean
New in XSLT 3.0. The value yes designates the attribute set as streamable. Requires Saxon-EE.

Details

An attribute-set contains a collection of xsl:attribute elements.

The attributes in an attribute-set can be used in several ways:

  • They can be added to a literal result element by specifying xsl:use-attribute-sets in the list of attributes for the element. The value is a space-separated list of attribute-set names. Attributes specified explicitly on the literal result element, or added using xsl:attribute, override any that are specified in the attribute-set definition.
  • They can be added to an element created using xsl:element, by specifying use-attribute-sets in the list of attributes for the xsl:element element. The value is a space-separated list of attribute-set names. Attributes specified explicitly on the literal result element, or added using xsl:attribute, override any that are specified in the attribute-set definition.
  • One attribute set can be based on another by specifying use-attribute-sets in the list of attributes for the xsl:attribute-set element. Again, attributes defined explicitly in the attribute set override any that are included implicitly from another attribute set.

Attribute sets named in the xsl:use-attribute-sets or use-attribute-sets attribute are applied in the order given: if the same attribute is generated more than once, the later value always takes precedence.

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