SAXONICA

Saxon Documentation
Full Contents
About Saxon
Changes in this Release
Notices
Using XSLT 2.0
Using XQuery
Handling Source Documents
XML Schema Processing
XPath API for Java
Saxon on .NET
Extensibility
»	Introduction
	Writing extension functions in Java
	Converting Arguments to Java Extension Functions
	Converting the Result of a Java Extension Function
	Writing extension functions for .NET
	Converting Arguments to .NET Extension Functions
	Converting the Result of a .NET Extension Function
	Writing XSLT extension instructions
	Customizing Serialization
	Implementing a collating sequence
	Localizing numbers and dates
	Adding an output encoding
	Writing a URI Resolver for Input Files
	Writing a URI Resolver for Output Files
Saxon Extensions
Sample Saxon Applications
The Saxon SQL Extension
XSLT Elements
XPath 2.0 Expression Syntax
Function Library
Standards Conformance

Extensibility

This page describes how to extend the capability of Saxon XSLT Stylesheets and XQuery queries by adding extension functions and other user hooks.

The first two columns of the table below indicate which sections of this page are applicable to XSLT and which are applicable to XQuery.

XSLT	XQuery	Contents
§ § § § § § § § §	§ § § §	Writing extension functions (Java) Writing extension functions (.NET) Writing extension instructions Customizing serialization Implementing a collating sequence Implementing localized numbers and dates Adding an output encoding Writing a URI Resolver for input files Writing a URI Resolver for output files

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