Name

<xsl:apply-imports> — Allows you to apply any overridden templates to the current node. It is comparable to the super() method in Java.

Category

Instruction

Required Attributes

None.

Optional Attributes

None.

Content

None. <xsl:apply-imports> is an empty element.

Appears in

<xsl:apply-imports> appears inside a template.

Defined in

XSLT section 5.6, Overriding Template Rules.

Example

Here is a short XML file we’ll use to illustrate <xsl:apply-imports>:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<test>
  <p>This is a test XML document used by several 
  of our sample stylesheets.</p>
  <question>
    <text>When completed, the Eiffel Tower was the 
    tallest building in the world.</text>
    <true correct="yes">You're correct!  The Eiffel 
    Tower was the world's tallest building until 1930.</true>
    <false>No, the Eiffel Tower was the world's tallest 
    building for over 30 years.</false>
  </question>
  <question>
    <text>New York's Empire State Building knocked the 
    Eiffel Tower from its pedestal.</text>
    <true>No, that's not correct.</true>
    <false correct="yes">Correct!  New York's Chrysler 
    Building, completed in 1930, became the world's tallest.</false>
  </question>
</test>

Here’s the stylesheet we’ll import:

<?xml version="1.0"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:output method="html"/> <xsl:template match="/"> <html> <body> <xsl:for-each select="//text|//true|//false"> <p> <xsl:apply-templates select="."/> </p> </xsl:for-each> </body> </html> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="text"> <xsl:text>True ...

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