RE: Overrid items that are included

It makes sense to me, that the WORKING_TEMPLATE should be able to override
any included template rules by the BASE_TEMPLATE since the inclusion is not
happening directly by the WORKING_TEMPLATE.

I think of the included template as a means to modularize my templates.  The
template rules I intend to place into an include template will never be
overridden by my BASE_TEMPLATE since they are the BASE_TEMPLATE (if that
makes sense).  However, I will import the BASE_TEMPLATE and just want to
insure that I will be able to override those template rules which have been
included by the BASE_TEMPLATE.

Karl


-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Fawcett [mailto:joefawcett@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 11:41 AM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re:  Overrid items that are included


----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl J. Stubsjoen" <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 7:11 PM
Subject:  Overrid items that are included


> Hello,
>
> If I have a base template that I import into the current working template,
> if that base template file *includes* other templates, can those included
> templates be overridden just as if they were originally part of the base
> template file?
>
> Let me illustrate:
>
> incl_template_a.xsl
> incl_template_b.xsl
>
> BASE_TEMPLATE.xsl
>  INCLUDES-->  incl_template_a.xsl
>  INCLUDES-->  incl_template_a.xsl
>
> WORKING_TEMPLATE.xsl
>  IMPORTS--> BASE_TEMPLATE.xsl
>
>
> The question:  Is it possible to override template rules in
> incl_template_a
> & _b within WORKING_TEMPLATE.xsl?
>
> Karl
>
>
I may well be wrong but if you include files and then override a template,
by writing a new one with the same match and mode then the processor can
either use the latter one or error so it's not a reliable method. If you
xsl:import then the base stylesheet module has priority so you can now write
override templates in a similar fashion to your post.

--

Joe