XSLT <xsl:template> Element

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# XSLT <xsl:template> Element

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## Definition and Usage

The <xsl:template> element contains rules to apply when a specified node is matched.

The match attribute is used to associate the template with an XML element. The match attribute can also be used to define a template for a whole branch of the XML document (i.e. match="/" defines the whole document).

Note: <xsl:template> is a top-level element.

## Syntax

    <xsl:template
    name="name"
    match="pattern"
    mode="mode"
    priority="number">

      <!-- Content:(<xsl:param>*,template) -->

    </xsl:template>

## Attributes

Attribute | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
name | name | Optional. Specifies a name for the template. Note: If this attribute is omitted there must be a match attribute
match | pattern | Optional. The match pattern for the template. Note: If this attribute is omitted there must be a name attribute
mode | mode | Optional. Specifies a mode for this template
priority | number | Optional. A number which indicates the numeric priority of the template

### Example

    <?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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