xsl:template Element in XSLT

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<xsl:template> Element : 

A template contains rules which will be applied when a specifiied node is matched.

Employees.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Employees>
  <Employee>
    <Name>Vijai</Name>
    <Id>1</Id>
    <Designation>Associate</Designation>
    <Location>Bangalore</Location>
    <Department>SharePoint</Department>
    <Experience>3</Experience>
  </Employee>
  <Employee>
    <Name>Ranjith</Name>
    <Id>2</Id>
    <Designation>Associate</Designation>
    <Location>Bangalore</Location>
    <Department>SharePoint</Department>
    <Experience>5</Experience>
  </Employee>
  <Employee>
    <Name>Rakesh</Name>
    <Id>3</Id>
    <Designation>Associate</Designation>
    <Location>Chennai</Location>
    <Department>LN</Department>
    <Experience>6</Experience>
  </Employee>
  <Employee>
    <Name>Kavya</Name>
    <Id>4</Id>
    <Designation>Associate</Designation>
    <Location>Chennai</Location>
    <Department>LN</Department>
    <Experience>3</Experience>
  </Employee>
  <Employee>
    <Name>Pai</Name>
    <Id>5</Id>
    <Designation>Associate</Designation>
    <Location>Chennai</Location>
    <Department>LN</Department>
    <Experience>3</Experience>
  </Employee>
</Employees>

EmployeesXSL.xsl:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:template match="Employees/Employee">
    <div STYLE="font-weight:bold; color:red;font-style:italic">
      <xsl:value-of select="Name"/>
    </div>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Output:

Vijai
Ranjith
Rakesh
Kavya
Pai

Explanation: 

--XML declaration
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> 

--Style Sheet declaration
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> 

--defines the template element. When Employees/Employee xml element is matched the rules will be applied and the output will be displayed 
<xsl:template match="Employees/Employee"> 

-- <div> tag with STYLE attribute is used within which the output will be displayed 
<div STYLE="font-weight:bold; color:red;font-style:italic"> 

--displays only the Name value from the xml 
<xsl:value-of select="Name"/> 

--Closing the <div> element
</div>

--Closing the <xsl:template> element 
</xsl:template>
 
--Closing the <xsl:stylesheet> element
</xsl:stylesheet>