--- /dev/null	2015-03-31 02:29:39.396799728 -0700
+++ new/test/javax/xml/jaxp/functional/test/astro/xmlfiles/xsl/dec-ent.xsl	2015-03-30 19:51:32.666982980 -0700
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+<!-- This is the external entity version of dec.xsl 
+     in which the top level template has been removed
+     and referenced as an external entity
+--> 
+     
+<!DOCTYPE xsl:transform [
+  <!ENTITY toplevel SYSTEM "http://astro.com/stylesheets/toptemplate">
+]>
+
+<xsl:transform
+  xmlns:astro="http://www.astro.com/astro"
+  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
+
+	<xsl:output method="xml"/>
+	
+	<!-- dec between 00:00:00 and 01:00:00 --> 
+	<xsl:param name="dec_min_deg" select="0.0"/>
+	<xsl:param name="dec_max_deg" select="1.0"/>
+	
+	<!-- introduce the external entity -->
+	&toplevel;          
+	
+	<xsl:template match="astro:star">
+	   <xsl:if test="(
+	                  (number(astro:dec/astro:dv) &gt;= $dec_min_deg) and
+	                  (number(astro:dec/astro:dv) &lt;= $dec_max_deg))" >
+	          <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
+	   </xsl:if>
+	</xsl:template>
+	
+	<xsl:template match="astro:_test-04">
+	    <!-- discard text contents -->
+	</xsl:template>
+
+</xsl:transform>
+