Saxon Documentation
Full Contents
About Saxon
Changes in this Release
Licensing
Using XSLT 2.0
Using XQuery
Handling Source Documents
XML Schema Processing
XPath API for Java
Saxon on .NET
Extensibility
»	Introduction
	Integrated extension functions
	Writing reflexive 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
	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
§ § § § § § § § §	§ § § §	Integrated extension functions Reflexive extension functions (Java) Reflexive extension functions (.NET) Writing extension instructions Customizing serialization Implementing a collating sequence Implementing localized numbers and dates Writing a URI Resolver for input files Writing a URI Resolver for output files

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