XSLT <xsl:apply-templates> Element

The <xsl:apply-templates> element can apply a template to the current element or the child nodes of the current element.

The <xsl:apply-templates> element

The <xsl:apply-templates> element can apply a template to the current element or the child nodes of the current element.

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

Please see the following XSL stylesheet:

<?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="/">
<html>
<body>
<h2>My CD Collection</h2> 
<xsl:apply-templates/> 
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="cd">
<p>
<xsl:apply-templates select="title"/> 
<xsl:apply-templates select="artist"/>
</p>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="title">
Title: <span style="color:#ff0000">
<xsl:value-of select="."/></span>
<br />
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="artist">
Artist: <span style="color:#00ff00">
<xsl:value-of select="."/></span>
<br />
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

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