net.sf.saxon.style

Interface ExtensionElementFactory

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

Method Details

getExtensionClass

public Class getExtensionClass(String localname)
Identify the class to be used for stylesheet elements with a given local name. The returned class must extend net.sf.saxon.style.StyleElement
Returns:
null if the local name is not a recognised element type in this namespace.