XSLT-by-example

xsl:apply-imports

1. apply-imports_1-input.xml

2. <?xml version="1.0"?>
3. <products>
4.   <product id="p1" name="Delta" price="3250" stock="4"/>
5.   <product id="p2" name="Golf" price="1000" stock="5"/>
6.   <product id="p3" name="Alpha" price="1200" stock="19"/>
7. </products>

1. apply-imports_1-stylesheet.xsl

2. <?xml version="1.0"?>
3. <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="2.0">
4.   <xsl:import href="apply-imports_extra.xsl"/>
5.   <xsl:output indent="yes"/>
6.   <xsl:template match="/">
7.     <PRODUCTS>
8.       <xsl:apply-templates/>
9.     </PRODUCTS>
10.   </xsl:template>
11.   <xsl:template match="product">
12.     <xsl:comment>
13.       <xsl:value-of select="concat(' ', @name, ' ')"/>
14.     </xsl:comment>
15.     <xsl:text>&#xA;</xsl:text>
16.     <xsl:apply-imports/>
17.   </xsl:template>
18. </xsl:stylesheet>

1. apply-imports_1-stylesheet-extra.xsl

2. <?xml version="1.0"?>
3. <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="2.0">
4.   <xsl:template match="product">
5.     <PRODUCT id="{@id}" price="{@price}" stock="{@stock}"/>
6.   </xsl:template>
7. </xsl:stylesheet>

1. apply-imports_1-output.xml

2. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
3. <PRODUCTS>
4.   <!-- Delta -->
5.   <PRODUCT id="p1" price="3250" stock="4"/>
6.   <!-- Golf -->
7.   <PRODUCT id="p2" price="1000" stock="5"/>
8.   <!-- Alpha -->
9.   <PRODUCT id="p3" price="1200" stock="19"/>
10. </PRODUCTS>

Comment

xsl:apply-imports makes is possible to have two templates matching the same thing without over-ruling one another. Linefeed = 


Updated 2009-03-19