When a template for the node exists, there is no default processing invoked : template « XSLT stylesheet « XML Tutorial

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File: Data.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<data>    <AAA id="a1" pos="start">
      <BBB id="b1"/>
      <BBB id="b2"/>
    </AAA>
    <AAA id="a2">
      <BBB id="b3"/>
      <BBB id="b4"/>
      <CCC id="c1">
        <DDD id="d1"/>
      </CCC>
      <BBB id="b5">
        <CCC id="c2"/>
      </BBB>
    </AAA>
</data>
File: Transform.xslt

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet
      version="1.0"
      xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

    <xsl:template match="AAA">
      <div style="color:purple">
        <xsl:value-of select="name()"/>
        <xsl:text> id=</xsl:text>
        <xsl:value-of select="@id"/>
      </div>
    </xsl:template>
    <xsl:template match="BBB">
      <div style="color:blue">
        <xsl:value-of select="name()"/>
        <xsl:text> id=</xsl:text>
        <xsl:value-of select="@id"/>
      </div>
    </xsl:template>
    <xsl:template match="CCC">
      <div style="color:maroon">
        <xsl:value-of select="name()"/>
        <xsl:text> id=</xsl:text>
        <xsl:value-of select="@id"/>
      </div>
    </xsl:template>
    <xsl:template match="DDD">
      <div style="color:green">
        <xsl:value-of select="name()"/>
        <xsl:text> id=</xsl:text>
        <xsl:value-of select="@id"/>
      </div>
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Output:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>    <div style="color:purple">AAA id=a1</div>
    <div style="color:purple">AAA id=a2</div>