Re: [xsl] Naming styles

[David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Indeed i'm using only includes, not imports. However, i thought that the two are
> basicaly the same, the only diference being their precedence, concept that i
> don't understand completly.


xsl:include is more or less the same as taking the body of the styleseet
you are including (ie everything inside xsl:stylesheet) and sticking it
at the point that the xsl:include appears.

so if you include two variable definitions for the same variable (or two
templates matching the same thing) that is an error, just as if those
clashing declarations had appeared directly in a single stylesheet.

xsl:import on the other hand has the import precedence feature, the
exact details of which are slightly baroque but the basic idea is
simple: any definitions in the importing styleseet are allowed to
conflict (and over-ride) definitions in the imported styleseet.

the idea being that if you want to import some common (or publicly
accessible) styleseet but make some changes you can import it then just
definie whatever variables or templates you want to define and your
definitions will win.

David

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