Example of <xsl:include>
The following is an example of <xsl:include>.
XML file (collection.xml)
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="xslinclude.xsl"?>
<COLLECTION>
<BOOK>
<TITLE>Lover Birds</TITLE>
<AUTHOR>Cynthia Randall</AUTHOR>
<PUBLISHER>Lucerne Publishing</PUBLISHER>
</BOOK>
<BOOK>
<TITLE>The Sundered Grail</TITLE>
<AUTHOR>Eva Corets</AUTHOR>
<PUBLISHER>Lucerne Publishing</PUBLISHER>
</BOOK>
<BOOK>
<TITLE>Splish Splash</TITLE>
<AUTHOR>Paula Thurman</AUTHOR>
<PUBLISHER>Scootney</PUBLISHER>
</BOOK>
</COLLECTION>
XSLT File (xslinclude.xsl)
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:for-each select="COLLECTION/BOOK">
<xsl:apply-templates select="TITLE"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="AUTHOR"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="PUBLISHER"/>
<BR/> <!-- add this -->
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
<!-- The following template rule will not be called,
because the related template in the including stylesheet
will be called. If we move this template so that
it follows the xsl:include instruction, this one
will be called instead.-->
<xsl:template match="TITLE">
<DIV STYLE="color:blue">
Title: <xsl:value-of select="."/>
</DIV>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:include href="xslincludefile.xsl" />
</xsl:stylesheet>
Included XSLT File (xslincludefile.xsl)
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xml:space="preserve">
<xsl:template match="TITLE">
Title - <xsl:value-of select="."/><BR/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="AUTHOR">
Author - <xsl:value-of select="."/><BR/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="PUBLISHER">
Publisher - <xsl:value-of select="."/><BR/><!-- removed second <BR/> -->
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output
This is the formatted output:
Title - Lover Birds Author - Cynthia Randall Publisher - Ballantine Books
Title - Catwings Author - Eva Corets Publisher - Lucerne Publishing
Title - Home Town Author - Paula Thurman Publisher - Scootney
This is the processor output:
Title - Lover Birds<BR /> Author - Cynthia Randall<BR /> Publisher - Lucerne Publishing<BR /><BR /> Title - Catwings<BR /> Author - Eva Corets<BR /> Publisher - Lucerne Publishing<BR /><BR /> Title - Splish Splash<BR /> Author - Paula Thurman<BR /> Publisher - Scootney<BR /><BR />