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xsl:call-template

xsl:call-template

Invokes a named template by name.

<xsl:call-template name="header"/>

Unlike xsl:apply-templates, no node selection or pattern matching takes place — the named template runs in the caller’s context (same context node, same context position). Parameters declared by the called template with xsl:param are supplied via xsl:with-param children.

Attributes

Attribute Description
name QName of the template to call. Required.

Examples

Calling a template with parameters:

<xsl:template name="greet">
  <xsl:param name="who" select="'World'"/>
  <p>Hello <xsl:value-of select="$who"/>!</p>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:call-template name="greet">
  <xsl:with-param name="who" select="'Patrick'"/>
</xsl:call-template>

Recursive call (named templates are commonly used for recursion):

<xsl:template name="repeat">
  <xsl:param name="text"/>
  <xsl:param name="n" as="xs:integer"/>
  <xsl:if test="$n &gt; 0">
    <xsl:value-of select="$text"/>
    <xsl:call-template name="repeat">
      <xsl:with-param name="text" select="$text"/>
      <xsl:with-param name="n" select="$n - 1"/>
    </xsl:call-template>
  </xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
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