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XSLT Apply

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Summary

<xsl:apply-templates> calls other templates whose match pattern matches the selected node. Unlike for-each which processes on-site, apply-templates move the processing stream to another <xsl:template match="...">. XSLT also provides built-in templates that copy text and process children recursively.

Key points

Apply-templates call the template according to match pattern
Select on the apply-templates limiting the node being processed
Without select, the entire sub node at that time was processed
Call-template calls based on attribute name, not match
The built-in template copies the text and keeps going down to its children

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