Re: including template files in single file

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Carlisle" <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 8:42 AM
Subject: Re:  including template files in single file


> 
> > Is this a fairly common practice
> 
> yes, it's pretty much the scenario for which XSLT was designed.
> 
> 
> > and what effect is on performance,
> 
> minimal if it's working on the local file system, if you are fetching
> files from a remote server, there may or may not be a noticable effect
> of having to make another (http, usually) connection, depending on how
> slow your connection is. As always with performance questions it's
> highly dependent on your local setup, only sure way to answer this is to
> time it.
> 
> 
> > Also, in my case is "include" or "import" recommended.
> 
> depends what you want to do. If you want to sometimes over-ride the
> "common" templates with a specific template then usually xsl:import is
> better as the import precedence feature is designed for just this use.
> Sometimes though import precedence gets in the way and you want the
> "common" templates to act just as if they were in the top level
> stylesheet, in which case xsl:include is your friend.
> 
> David
> 
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