Interface ExtensionElementFactory

All 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

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    Class<? extends StyleElement>
    Identify the class to be used for stylesheet elements with a given local name.
  • Method Details

    • 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.
      Parameters:
      localname - the local name of the element
      Returns:
      null if the local name is not a recognised element type in this namespace.