XML in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

Name

xsl:apply-templates

Synopsis

<xsl:apply-templates  select="node-set-expression"  mode="QualifiedName">  
  <! --  (xsl:sort | xsl:with-param)*  -- >
</xsl:apply-templates>

The xsl:apply-templates instruction tells the processor to search for and apply the highest-priority template rule in the stylesheet that matches each node identified by the select attribute.

Attributes

select, optional

This is an XPath expression that returns a node-set. Each node in this set will be processed further. If the select attribute is omitted, then all child nodes of the context node should be processed.

mode, optional

If the mode attribute is present, then only templates that have a matching mode attribute will be applied. If the mode attribute is absent, then only templates without a mode attribute will be applied.

Contents

The xsl:apply-templates element may have xsl:sort child elements to specify the order in which the selected nodes will be processed. Without any xsl:sort children, the default is to process nodes in document order.

The xsl:apply-templates element may have xsl:with-param child elements to pass parameter values to the matched templates.