You can't use a variable for this, as the content of an xsl:variable
is evaluated just once at definition time, whereas you want to evaluate some logic every time the variable is referenced, in the current context at the point of reference.
Instead you need a template, either a named one:
<xsl:template name="fc">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="local-name()='element1'">gray</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>red</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>
or (better) a pair of matching templates with a mode, to let the template matcher do the work:
<!-- match any node whose local name is "element1" -->
<xsl:template mode="fc" match="node()[local-name() = 'element1']">gray</xsl:template>
<!-- match any other node -->
<xsl:template mode="fc" match="node()">red</xsl:template>
When you want to use this logic:
<h1>
<font>
<xsl:attribute name="color">
<xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="fc" />
</xsl:attribute>
Seeing as you have the tst
prefix mapped in your stylesheet you could check the name directly instead of using the local-name()
predicate:
<xsl:template mode="fc" match="tst:element1">gray</xsl:template>
<xsl:template mode="fc" match="node()">red</xsl:template>