XSLTProcessor: clearParameters() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The clearParameters() method of the XSLTProcessor interface removes all parameters (<xsl:param>) and their values from the stylesheet imported in the processor. The XSLTProcessor will then use the default values specified in the XSLT stylesheet.

Syntax

js
clearParameters()

Parameters

None.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

Using clearParameters()

This example shows how clearParameters() can be used to reset all parameters back to their default values as specified in the XSLT stylesheet.

HTML

html
<div id="result"></div>

JavaScript

js
const xmlString = `
<items>
  <item>Item 1</item>
  <item>Item 2</item>
  <item>Item 3</item>
</items>
`;

const xsltString = `
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:param name="showItems" select="'yes'"/>
  <xsl:template match="/">
    <!-- If showItems is 'yes', display the list of items -->
    <xsl:if test="$showItems = 'yes'">
      <ul>
        <xsl:for-each select="items/item">
          <li><xsl:value-of select="."/></li>
        </xsl:for-each>
      </ul>
    </xsl:if>
    <!-- If showItems is 'no', display a message -->
    <xsl:if test="$showItems = 'no'">
      <div>No content to show</div>
    </xsl:if>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
`;

const parser = new DOMParser();
const xmlDoc = parser.parseFromString(xmlString, "application/xml");
const xsltDoc = parser.parseFromString(xsltString, "application/xml");

const xsltProcessor = new XSLTProcessor();
xsltProcessor.importStylesheet(xsltDoc);

// Set the 'showItems' parameter to 'no' and perform the first transformation
xsltProcessor.setParameter(null, "showItems", "no");
let resultFragment = xsltProcessor.transformToFragment(xmlDoc, document);
document.getElementById("result").appendChild(resultFragment);

// Add a horizontal rule to separate the results
document.getElementById("result").appendChild(document.createElement("hr"));

// Clear all parameters, resetting 'showItems' to its default value ('yes')
xsltProcessor.clearParameters();
resultFragment = xsltProcessor.transformToFragment(xmlDoc, document);
document.getElementById("result").appendChild(resultFragment);

Result

Specifications

Specification
DOM
# dom-xsltprocessor-clearparameters

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
clearParameters
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 1 (Release date: 2008-12-11)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 1 (Release date: 2004-11-09)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 12.1 (Release date: 2012-11-20)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 3.1 (Release date: 2008-03-18)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 4 (Release date: 2011-03-29)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 12.1 (Release date: 2012-10-09)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 2 (Release date: 2008-07-11)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 3 (Release date: 2011-02-22)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 2 (Release date: 2008-07-11)
footnote Full support

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Full support
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