Name
<xsl:template> — Defines an output template. For templates that begin <xsl:template match="x"
, the template defines a transformation for a given element. Templates that begin <xsl:template name="x"
define a set of output elements that are processed whenever the template is invoked. All <xsl:template>
elements must have either the match
or the name
attribute defined. Although not common, it is also possible to create <xsl:template>
elements that have both a match
and a name
.
Category
Top-level element
Required Attributes
None.
Optional Attributes
- match
A pattern that defines the elements for which this template should be invoked. For example,
<xsl:template match="xyz">
defines a template for processing<xyz>
elements.- name
An attribute that names this template. Named templates are invoked with the
<xsl:call-template>
element.- mode
An attribute that defines a mode for this template. A mode is a convenient syntax that allows you to write specific templates for specific purposes. For example, I could write an
<xsl:template>
withmode="toc"
to process a node for the table of contents of a document and other<xsl:template>
s withmode="print"
,mode="online"
,mode="index"
, etc. to process the same information for different purposes.- priority
An attribute that assigns a numeric priority to this template. The value can be any numeric value except
Infinity
. If the XSLT processor cannot determine which template to use (in other words, more than one template has the same default priority), the
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