Name
<xsl:apply-templates>
Instructs the XSLT processor to apply the appropriate templates to a node-set or sequence.
Category
Instruction.
Required Attributes
None.
Optional Attributes
select
Contains an XPath expression that selects the nodes to which templates should be applied. Valid values include
*
to select all the element children of the current node. Without this attribute,<xsl:apply-templates>
selects all of the children of the current node, including text, processing instructions, and comments. The instructions<xsl:apply-templates />
and<xsl:apply-templates select="node()"/>
are equivalent.mode
Defines a processing mode, which is a convenient syntax that lets you write specific templates for specific purposes. For example, you could write an
<xsl:template>
withmode="toc"
to process a node for the table of contents of a document, and write other<xsl:template>
s withmode="print"
,mode="online"
,mode="index"
, etc. to process the same information for different purposes.[2.0] In XSLT 2.0, there are two special values for the
mode
attribute when used with the<xsl:apply-templates>
element:#default
Matches the default mode
#current
Matches the current mode
Content
The <xsl:apply-templates>
element can
contain any number of <xsl:sort>
and <xsl:with-param>
elements. In many
cases, <xsl:apply-templates>
is an empty element.
Appears in
<xsl:apply-templates>
appears inside a template.
Defined in
[1.0] XSLT section 5.4, “Applying Template Rules.”
[2.0] XSLT section 6.3, “Applying Template Rules.” ...
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