XSLT <xsl:apply-imports> Element

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Definition and Usage

The <xsl:apply-imports> element can apply template rules from the imported stylesheet.

The priority of template rules imported from a stylesheet is lower than that of the template rules in the main stylesheet. If you want to use a specific template rule from the imported stylesheet instead of an equivalent rule in the main stylesheet, you would use the <xsl:apply-imports> element.

Syntax

<xsl:apply-imports/>

Attributes

None

Example

Assuming we have a stylesheet named "standard.xsl" that contains template rules for the message element:

<?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">
  <h2><xsl:apply-templates/></h2>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Another stylesheet can import "standard.xsl" and modify message, like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
<xsl:import href="standard.xsl"/>
<xsl:template match="message">
  <div style="border:solid blue">
  <xsl:apply-imports/>
  </div>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

The result is: a message will be transformed into a tabular element:

<div style="border:solid blue"><h2>...</h2></div>

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