name Function
Returns a string containing a QName representing the expanded name of the node in the node-set argument that is first in document order.
string name(node-set?)
Remarks
The QName must represent the expanded name with respect to the namespace in effect on the node. This need not be the case if there are namespace declarations in effect on the node that associate multiple prefixes with the same namespace. If the node-set argument is empty or the first node has no expanded name, an empty string is returned. If the argument it omitted, it defaults to a node-set with the context node as its only member.
Example
XML File (bcat.xml)
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="sample.xsl"?>
<b:catalog xmlns:b="x-schema:book-schema.xml">
<b:book id="bk101">
<b:author>Gambardella, Matthew</b:author>
<b:title>XML Developer's Guide</b:title>
<b:genre>Computer</b:genre>
<b:price>44.95</b:price>
<b:publish_date>2000-10-01</b:publish_date>
<b:description>An in-depth look at creating applications with XML.</b:description>
</b:book>
<b:book id="bk102">
<b:author>Ralls, Kim</b:author>
<b:title>Midnight Rain</b:title>
<b:genre>Fantasy</b:genre>
<b:price>5.95</b:price>
<b:publish_date>2000-12-16</b:publish_date>
<b:description>A former architect battles corporate zombies, an evil sorceress, and her own childhood to become queen of the world.</b:description>
</b:book>
</b:catalog>
XSLT File (sample.xsl)
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="html"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<body>
<h3>name() Function</h3>
<xsl:apply-templates />
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="*">
<xsl:value-of select="name()"/> = <xsl:value-of select="text()"/><br/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="*"/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Auxiliary XSLT File (book-schema.xml)
<Schema name="books" xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-data"
xmlns:dt="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:datatypes">
<ElementType name="author"/>
<ElementType name="title"/>
<ElementType name="genre"/>
<ElementType name="price"/>
<ElementType name="publish_date"/>
<ElementType name="description"/>
<AttributeType name="id" dt:type="id"/>
<ElementType name="catalog">
<element type="book"/>
</ElementType>
<ElementType name="book" model="closed" content="eltOnly">
<attribute type="id"/>
<element type="author"/>
<element type="title"/>
<element type="genre"/>
<element type="price"/>
<element type="publish_date"/>
<element type="description"/>
</ElementType>
</Schema>
Formatted Output
name() Function
b:catalog =
b:book =
b:author = Gambardella, Matthew
b:title = XML Developer's Guide
b:genre = Computer
b:price = 44.95
b:publish_date = 2000-10-01
b:description = An in-depth look at creating applications with XML.
b:book =
b:author = Ralls, Kim
b:title = Midnight Rain
b:genre = Fantasy
b:price = 5.95
b:publish_date = 2000-12-16
b:description = A former architect battles corporate zombies, an evil sorceress, and her own childhood to become queen of the world.
Processor Output
<html>
<body>
<h3>name() Function</h3>b:catalog = <br>b:book = <br>b:author = Gambardella, Matthew<br>b:title = XML Developer's Guide<br>b:genre = Computer<br>b:price = 44.95<br>b:publish_date = 2000-10-01<br>b:description = An in-depth look at creating applications with XML.<br>b:book = <br>b:author = Ralls, Kim<br>b:title = Midnight Rain<br>b:genre = Fantasy<br>b:price = 5.95<br>b:publish_date = 2000-12-16<br>b:description = A former architect battles corporate zombies, an evil sorceress, and her own childhood to become queen of the world.<br></body>
</html>