XSLT error: Cannot find a template named X

Question

I have a problem with call-template, I'm getting error:

Cannot find a template named getIndex

Syntax seems to be correct. I tried with apply-template and all was fine. I don't have any idea why this error appeared.

Here is example XSLT file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- Created with Liquid Studio 2019 (https://www.liquid-technologies.com) -->
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
    <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>

    <xsl:template match="/">
        <xsl:apply-templates/>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="Document">
        <xsl:element name="Document">
            <xsl:apply-templates/>
        </xsl:element>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="Produkt">
        <xsl:element name="Produkt">
            <xsl:element name="Index">
                <xsl:call-template name="getIndex"/>
            </xsl:element>
        </xsl:element>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="getIndex">
        <xsl:value-of select="Index"/>
    </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Unrelated to your question: you can simplify your code by using literal result elements - e.g. <Document> instead of <xsl:element name="Document">. Use xsl:element when the name needs to calculated dynamically at runtime. — michael.hor257k
– michael.hor257k, Commented Mar 22, 2019 at 12:48

kjhughes · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-22 13:36:58Z

6

Change

<xsl:template match="getIndex">

to

<xsl:template name="getIndex">
              ^^^^

In general:

Use <xsl:template match="pattern"> for xsl:apply-templates.
Use <xsl:template name="name"> for xsl:call-template.

edited Mar 22, 2019 at 13:36

answered Mar 22, 2019 at 12:41

kjhughes

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