Goals of This Chapter

By the end of this chapter, you should:

  • Know the XSLT elements used for branching and control

  • Understand the differences between XSLT’s branching elements and similar constructs in other programming languages

  • Know how to invoke XSLT templates by name and how to pass parameters to them, if you want

  • Know how to use XSLT variables

  • Understand how changes in XSLT 2.0 affect the way parameters and variables work

  • Understand how to use recursion to get around the “limitations” of XSLT’s branching and control elements

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