code: public void execute(
            TransformerImpl transformer)
              throws TransformerException
    {
      XPathContext xctxt = transformer.getXPathContext();
      
      xctxt.pushRTFContext();
  
        // %REVIEW% commenting out of the code below.
  //    if (null != sourceNode)
  //    {
        transformer.executeChildTemplates(this, true);
  //    }
  //    else  // if(null == sourceNode)
  //    {
  //      transformer.getMsgMgr().error(this,
  //        this, sourceNode,
  //        XSLTErrorResources.ER_NULL_SOURCENODE_HANDLEAPPLYTEMPLATES);
  //
  //      //"sourceNode is null in handleApplyTemplatesInstruction!");
  //    }
  
      xctxt.popRTFContext();
      }
docs: Copy the template contents into the result tree.
  The content of the xsl:template element is the template
  that is instantiated when the template rule is applied.
  
  @param transformer non-null reference to the the current transform-time state.
  
  @throws TransformerException