XSLT, 2nd Edition

Name

<xsl:with-param>

Defines a parameter to be passed to a template. When the template is invoked, values can be passed in for the parameter.

Category

Subinstruction; <xsl:with-param> always appears inside the <xsl:apply-templates> or <xsl:call-template> element.

[2.0] In XSLT 2.0, it can also appear inside the new <xsl:apply-imports> and <xsl:next-match> elements.

Description

<xsl:with-param> defines a parameter to be passed to a template. When a template is invoked, values can be passed in for its parameters. The value of a parameter can be defined in one of three ways:

• If the <xsl:with-param> element is empty and does not contain a select attribute, then no value is passed to the template.

• If the <xsl:with-param> element is empty and has a select attribute, the value of the parameter is the value of the select attribute.

• If the <xsl:with-param> element is not empty, the value of the parameter is the result of processing its contents.

If no value is passed to the template (<xsl:with-param name="x"/>), then the default value of the parameter, if any, is used instead. The default value of the parameter is defined on the <xsl:param> element inside the <xsl:template> itself; see the description of the <xsl:param> element for more details.

Required Attribute

name

Names this parameter.

Optional Attributes

select

An XPath expression that defines the value of this parameter. It is a fatal error if <xsl:with-param> has a select attribute and contains content.

[2.0 – Schema] as

Defines the datatype of this ...