Feature Stapling in SharePoint 2010

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This Post Introduction to what is feature stapling in SharePoint 2010 as well as How to use it??

Why we use Feature Stapling?

Features Stapling Uses providing a great way for developers to extend, change, or customize the OOTB site definitions without ever modified them. I means without touching them.

This allows for a feature to be automatically activated on a site created from a site definition without the need to modify the definition files (onet.xml). This also means that:

• You can use stapling to attach features to OOTB definitions,
• You can use it to "modify" a custom definition that has already been deployed and it's in use.