Specifying Extension Functions in Stylesheets

You can write XSLT extension functions in Java and invoke them in XPath expressions in stylesheets. This section provides instructions for implementing and invoking extension functions from your stylesheet. The syntax supported is a subset of that supported by LotusXSL/Apache Xalan.

This section covers the following topics:

Using an Extension Function in Stylus Studio

Basic Data Types

Declaring an XSLT Extension Function

Working with XPath Data Types

Declaring an Extension Function Namespace

Invoking Extension Functions

Finding Classes and Finding Java

Debugging Stylesheets That Contain Extension Functions

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