XSLT <xsl:apply-templates> Element

Complete XSLT Element Reference

Definition and Usage

The <xsl:apply-templates> element applies a template to the current element or to the current element's child nodes.

If we add a select attribute to the <xsl:apply-templates> element it will process only the child element that matches the value of the attribute. We can use the select attribute to specify in which order the child nodes are to be processed.

Syntax

<xsl:apply-templates select="expression" mode="name">

  <!-- Content:(xsl:sort|xsl:with-param)* -->

</xsl:apply-templates>

Attributes

Example 1

Wrap a single h1 element around each title element in the document:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

<xsl:template match="title">
  <h1><xsl:apply-templates/></h1>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Example 2

Wrap a single h1 element around all the title elements which are children of message:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

<xsl:template match="message">
  <h1><xsl:apply-templates select="title"/></h1>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Example 3

Wrap a single h1 element around all the child nodes of message that have the mode attribute set to "big":

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

<xsl:template match="message">
  <h1><xsl:apply-templates select="*" mode="big"/></h1>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Complete XSLT Element Reference

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