Re: xsl:import vs xsl:include

[Tony Graham <tgraham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 25 Aug 1999 10:46 +0200, Sebastien Sahuc wrote:
 > As I'm trying to perform tests on several XSL processors, and I have
 > style sheets using xsl:import statement to import common named
 > template and variable decalration, I cannot use them with SAXON since
 > it does not implement it. 
 > 
 > So question : can I instead use iclude statement ? What the
 > differences as I don't sdee any from the WD of XSLT.

There are differences.  Stylesheets that you reference with xsl:import
have a lower "import precedence" than the importing stylesheet,
whereas stylesheets you reference with xsl:include are almost
completely treated as if you'd copied the referenced file and pasted
it into your stylesheet at that point.

For example, if you had template in both the main and the referenced
stylesheet with the same match pattern.  With xsl:import, you wouldn't
get a conflict because the main stylesheet has higher "import
precedence" (plus there's rules about import precedence of multiple
imported stylesheets).  With xsl:include, you would get an error
because the template in the referenced stylesheet is treated as if it
were in the main stylesheet, and two templates matching the same
pattern will cause an error.

Regards,


Tony Graham
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