XML & XSL - xsl:pi

xsl:pi generates a processing instruction,ie. pi into the output.

Syntax

<xsl:pi name="pi-name">

Attributes

• name - the name of the processing instruction.

Parent Elements

• xsl:copy
• xsl:element
• xsl:for-each
• xsl:if
• xsl:otherwise
• xsl:template
• xsl:when
• output elements

Child Elements

• xsl:apply-template
• xsl:choose
• xsl:copy
• xsl:eval
• xsl:for-each
• xsl:if
• xsl:value-of

An Example

The XSL Style Sheet

<xsl:template match="/">
	<xsl:pi name="xml">version='1.0'</xsl:pi>
	<xsl:pi name="xml-stylesheet">type="text/xsl" href="population.xsl"</xsl:pi>
	<xsl:apply-templates />
</xsl:template>

XML Equivalent

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<?xml:stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="population.xsl" ?>