XSLTProcessor: getParameter() method

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The getParameter() method of the {{domxref("XSLTProcessor")}} interface returns the value of a parameter (<xsl:param>) from the stylesheet imported in the processor.

Syntax

getParameter(namespaceURI, localName)

Parameters

• namespaceURI
  • : The namespace associated with the parameter name. A "null" value is treated the same as the empty string ("").
• localName
  • : The name of the parameter in the associated namespace.

Return value

An object that is the value associated with the parameter. It can be of any type.

[!NOTE] Firefox supports any kind of parameter. Chrome, Edge and Safari only support string parameters.

Examples

Using getParameter()

This example shows how to use getParameter() to check the value of a parameter that controls the behavior of an XSLT transformation.

const xsltProcessor = new XSLTProcessor();
xsltProcessor.setParameter(null, "foo", "bar");
console.log(xsltProcessor.getParameter(null, "foo")); // "bar"

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{domxref("XSLTProcessor.setParameter()")}}
• {{domxref("XSLTProcessor.removeParameter()")}}
• {{domxref("XSLTProcessor.clearParameters()")}}
• {{domxref("XSLTProcessor.reset()")}}