apply-templates select="tag name" : apply templates « XSLT stylesheet « XML

1. XML
2. XSLT stylesheet
3. apply templates

apply-templates select="tag name"

File: Data.xml

<employees>
  <employee hireDate="04/23/1999">
    <last>A</last>
    <first>B</first>
    <salary>1000</salary>
  </employee>

  <employee hireDate="09/01/1998">
    <last>C</last>
    <first>D</first>
    <salary>9500</salary>
  </employee>

  <employee hireDate="08/20/2000">
    <last>F</last>
    <first>G</first>
    <salary>8900</salary>
  </employee>

</employees>

File: Transform.xslt

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
  version="1.0">

  <xsl:output method="text" />

  <xsl:template match="employees">
    <xsl:apply-templates>
      <xsl:sort select="salary" />
    </xsl:apply-templates>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="employee">
    Last:
    <xsl:apply-templates select="last" />
    First:
    <xsl:apply-templates select="first" />
    Salary:
    <xsl:apply-templates select="salary" />
    Hire Date:
    <xsl:apply-templates select="@hireDate" />
    <xsl:text></xsl:text>
   </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>


Output:


  

  

  


    Last:
    A
    First:
    B
    Salary:
    1000
    Hire Date:
    04/23/1999
    Last:
    F
    First:
    G
    Salary:
    8900
    Hire Date:
    08/20/2000
    Last:
    C
    First:
    D
    Salary:
    9500
    Hire Date:
    09/01/1998

 

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