com.saxonica.xsltextn

Interface ExtensionElementFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

IXSLElementFactory, SaxonElementFactory, 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

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Class<? extends StyleElement>	getExtensionClass(java.lang.String localname) Identify the class to be used for stylesheet elements with a given local name.

Method Detail

getExtensionClass

java.lang.Class<? extends StyleElement> getExtensionClass(java.lang.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.

Parameters:

localname - the local name of the element

Returns:

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