com.saxonica.xsltextn
Interface ExtensionElementFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

SaxonElementFactory, SaxonElementFactoryEE, SQLElementFactory

public interface ExtensionElementFactory

Interface ExtensionElementFactory.

A "Factory" for user-defined nodes in the stylesheet tree.

(Actually, it's not strictly a factory: it doesn't create the nodes, it merely identifies what class they should be.)

Method Summary

Class<? extends StyleElement>

getExtensionClass(String localname) Identify the class to be used for stylesheet elements with a given local name.

Method Detail

getExtensionClass

Class<? extends StyleElement> getExtensionClass(String localname)

Identify the class to be used for stylesheet elements with a given local name. The returned class must extend StyleElement, and it must have a zero-argument public constructor.

Returns:

null if the local name is not a recognised element type in this namespace.