XSLTProcessor: reset() 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 reset() method of the XSLTProcessor interface removes all parameters (<xsl:param>) and the XSLT stylesheet from the processor. The XSLTProcessor will then be in its original state when it was created.

Syntax

js
reset()

Parameters

None.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

Using reset()

This example demonstrates how the reset() method allows the same XSLTProcessor instance to be reused for multiple transformations with different stylesheets.

HTML

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

JavaScript

js
const xmlString1 = `
<items>
  <item>Item A</item>
  <item>Item B</item>
</items>
`;

const xsltString1 = `
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:template match="/">
    <ul>
      <xsl:for-each select="items/item">
        <li><xsl:value-of select="."/></li>
      </xsl:for-each>
    </ul>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
`;

const xmlString2 = `
<fruits>
  <fruit>Apple</fruit>
  <fruit>Banana</fruit>
</fruits>
`;

const xsltString2 = `
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:template match="/">
    <ol>
      <xsl:for-each select="fruits/fruit">
        <li><xsl:value-of select="."/></li>
      </xsl:for-each>
    </ol>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
`;

const parser = new DOMParser();
const xmlDoc1 = parser.parseFromString(xmlString1, "application/xml");
const xsltDoc1 = parser.parseFromString(xsltString1, "application/xml");
const xmlDoc2 = parser.parseFromString(xmlString2, "application/xml");
const xsltDoc2 = parser.parseFromString(xsltString2, "application/xml");

const xsltProcessor = new XSLTProcessor();

// Import the first XSLT stylesheet and transform the first XML
xsltProcessor.importStylesheet(xsltDoc1);
let resultFragment = xsltProcessor.transformToFragment(xmlDoc1, document);
document.getElementById("result").appendChild(resultFragment);

// Reset the XSLTProcessor instance
xsltProcessor.reset();

// Import the second XSLT stylesheet and transform the second XML
xsltProcessor.importStylesheet(xsltDoc2);
resultFragment = xsltProcessor.transformToFragment(xmlDoc2, document);
document.getElementById("result").appendChild(document.createElement("hr"));
document.getElementById("result").appendChild(resultFragment);

Result

Specifications

Specification
DOM
# dom-xsltprocessor-reset

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
reset
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
Full support

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