Re: [xsl] Template inside a Template

[kalpana rawat <kal_xml at yahoo dot com>]

Thanks that didn't click me.... before.


--- Mike Brown <mike@skew.org> wrote:
> kalpana rawat wrote:
> > Can we have a Templte inside a template.
> 
> Yes, but not the way you probably expect.
> 
> > e.g., 
> > <xsl:template name="Item">
> >     <xsl:template name="Notes">
> >         ......something goes here
> >     </xsl:template>
> > </xsl:template>
> 
> You probably want
> 
> <xsl:template name="Item">
>   <xsl:call-template name="Notes"/>
>   ......something goes here
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <xsl:template name="Notes">
>   ......something goes here
> </xsl:template>
> 
> But do you understand the processing model of XSLT?
> 
> <xsl:template match="foo"> means "this template is a
> good match for an
> element named foo, if such a node has been selected
> for processing".
> 
> <xsl:apply-templates select="foo"/> means "go
> process, one at a time, all 
> the 'foo' element children of the node currently
> being processed, by 
> finding the template that is the best match for that
> node"
> 
> <xsl:for-each select="foo"> means "process, one at a
> time, all the 'foo' 
> element children of the node currently being
> processed, and use the 
> contents of this for-each element as the best
> matching template.
> 
> <xsl:template name="foo"> means "this template is
> named foo and can be 
> called while processing any node"
> 
> <xsl:call-template name="foo"/> means "invoke the
> template named foo here,
> without changing the current node"
> 
> Processing starts at the root node, and there are
> built-in templates that 
> cause recursive descent through elements and the
> copying of text nodes.
> 
>    - Mike
>
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