RE: [xsl] Can I use <xsl:attribute-set/> to set attribute value from the source XML

["Michael Kay" <mhk@xxxxxxxxx>]

> I would like to use <xsl:copy> to copy some XML elements that 
> have the same
> name and attributes. I checked out xsl:copy and seems to do 
> the work. But
> the problem is that the attribute sets that I've seen only set default
> values. Can I use attribute-sets like this:
>  
> <xsl:attribute-set name="test">
>   <xsl:attribute name="size"></xsl:value-of 
> value="@size"/></xsl:attribute>
>   <xsl:attribute name="high"></xsl:value-of 
> value="@high"/></xsl:attribute>
>   <xsl:attribute name="low"></xsl:value-of 
> value="@low"/></xsl:attribute>
> </xsl:attribute-set>
> 
> <xsl:copy use-attribute-set="test"/>
>  

Attribute sets are not often used this way, but this example is perfectly
legal.

A more conventional way of achieving the same result would be

<xsl:copy>
  <xsl:copy-of select="@size|@high|@low"/>

Michael Kay