How do I import templates from another stylesheet?

Question

I know I have to use the xsl:import but I don't know how do I call the name of the templates.

How do I do it?

Answer 1

Using <xsl:import> applying <xsl:call-template> is quite easy:

Sample XML named f.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
    <a>abc</a>
    <b>cde</b>
</root>

Main sample XSLT f.xslt:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:import href="f1.xslt"/>

 <xsl:template match="/root">
   A: <xsl:value-of select="a/text()" />
   <xsl:call-template name="secondTemplate" />
 </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet> 

Include sample XSLT f1.xslt:

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

 <xsl:template name="secondTemplate">
   B: <xsl:value-of select="b/text()" />
 </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet> 

Output:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

   A: abc
   B: cde

So the first XSLT(f.xslt) does call the second XSLT(f1.xslt) - which is imported with <xsl:import ...> - via a named template which is accessed with the <xsl:call-template name="secondTemplate" /> line.