<xsl:import> tag imports the contents of one stylesheet into another. Importing a style sheet has higher precedence over imported stylesheet.
Declaration
Following is the syntax declaration of <xsl:import> element.
<xsl:import href = "uri"> </xsl:import>
Attributes
| Sr.No | Name & Description |
|---|---|
| 1. | hrefused to pass the path of xslt stylesheet to be imported. |
Elements
| Number of occurrences | Unlimited |
| Parent elements | xsl:stylesheet, xsl:transform |
| Child elements | none |
Demo Example
This example creates a list of <student> element with its attribute rollno and its child <firstname>, <lastname>, <nickname>, and <marks> by iterating over each student. Here we have created two xsl stylesheets where students_imports.xsl stylesheet imports students.xsl and students.xml is linked to students_imports.xsl.
students.xml
<?xml version = "1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type = "text/xsl" href = "students_imports.xsl"?>
<class>
<student rollno = "393">
<firstname>Dinkar</firstname>
<lastname>Kad</lastname>
<nickname>Dinkar</nickname>
<marks>85</marks>
</student>
<student rollno = "493">
<firstname>Vaneet</firstname>
<lastname>Gupta</lastname>
<nickname>Vinni</nickname>
<marks>95</marks>
</student>
<student rollno = "593">
<firstname>Jasvir</firstname>
<lastname>Singh</lastname>
<nickname>Jazz</nickname>
<marks>90</marks>
</student>
</class>
students.xsl
<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version = "1.0"
xmlns:xsl = "http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match = "/">
<html>
<body>
<h2>Students</h2>
<table border = "1">
<tr bgcolor = "#9acd32">
<th>Roll No</th>
<th>First Name</th>
<th>Last Name</th>
<th>Nick Name</th>
<th>Marks</th>
</tr>
<xsl:for-each select = "class/student">
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select = "@rollno"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select = "firstname"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select = "lastname"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select = "nickname"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select = "marks"/></td>
</tr>
</xsl:for-each>
</table>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
students_imports.xsl
<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version = "1.0"
xmlns:xsl = "http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:import href = "students.xsl"/>
<xsl:template match = "/">
<xsl:apply-imports/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output
