The <xsl:apply-templates> element applies a template rule to the current element or the current element's child nodes.
<xsl:apply-template> Element
Syntax
The syntax of <xsl:apply-template> is as follows:
<xsl:apply-template
select=Expression
mode=QName >
</xsl:apply-template>Attributes
The table describes the meaning of the attributes of <xsl:apply-template>:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
select |
Used to process nodes selected by an XPath expression, instead of processing all the children. |
mode |
Allows an element as specified by its Qualified Names to be processed multiple times, each time producing a different result. |
Example
Let's see an example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="books.xsl"?>
<bookstore>
<book category="children">
<title lang="en">Harry Potter</title>
<author>J K. Rowling</author>
<year>2005</year>
<price>29.99</price>
</book>
<book category="web">
<title lang="en">XQuery Tips</title>
<author>Tom Nolan</author>
<year>2022</year>
<price>39.99</price>
</book>
<book category="web">
<title lang="en">Learn XML</title>
<author>Tutorial Reference</author>
<year>2022</year>
<price>9.99</price>
</book>
</bookstore><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<body>
<h2>The Bookstore</h2>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="book">
<p>
<xsl:apply-templates select="title"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="author"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="price"/>
</p>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="title">
Title: <span style="color:#ff0000">
<xsl:value-of select="."/></span>
<br />
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="artist">
Author: <span style="color:#00ff00">
<xsl:value-of select="."/></span>
<br />
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="price">
Price: <span style="color:#0000ff">
<xsl:value-of select="."/></span>
<br />
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>