Article:		Shortening XSLT Stylesheets
Subject:		Named templates
Date:		2003-06-19 13:09:50
From:		Lars Marius Garshol
Perhaps the most obvious way to shorten stylesheets is to move repeated logic or code bits out into named templates. This can often dramatically shorten a stylesheet, and of course also contributes to its legibility. Another trick is to inline templates whenever possible. That is, rather than keep something in a separate <xsl:template match="whatever">... you can just inline it through judicious use of <xsl:when> and <xsl:foreach>. Again, this also helps greatly to make the stylesheets more readable.

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