Name
<xsl:call-template> — Lets you invoke a particular template by name. This invocation is a convenient way to create commonly used output. For example, if you create an HTML page and all your HTML pages have the same masthead and footer, you could define templates named masthead
and footer
, then use <xsl:call-template>
to invoke those templates as needed.
Category
Instruction
Required Attributes
- name
The name of the template you’re invoking.
Optional Attributes
None.
Content
This element can contain any number of optional <xsl:with-param>
elements.
Appears in
<xsl:call-template>
appears inside a template.
Defined in
XSLT section 6, Named Templates.
Example
The <xsl:call-template>
element gives
you an excellent way to create modular stylesheets. In our case study
(see Chapter 9), we need to generate common items at
the top and bottom of every HTML page we generate. We build a
navigation bar and title bar at the top of each panel in a similar
way. Rather than intermingle these templates with the rest of our
stylesheets, we put the templates for the common sections of the HTML
pages in a separate stylesheet, then reference them when
needed.
<xsl:call-template name="dw-masthead"/> <xsl:call-template name="dw-title-bar"/> <xsl:call-template name="dw-nav-bar"> <xsl:with-param name="includeMain" select="'youBetcha'"/> <xsl:with-param name="sectionNumber" select="$sectionNumber"/> <xsl:with-param name="position" select="$pos"/> <xsl:with-param name="last" select="$last"/> <xsl:with-param name="topOrBottom" ...
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