Re: extensions and XSLT 2.0

On Sunday 18 May 2003 18:52, Michael Kay wrote:
> > I write an extension element in java with the saxon processor
> > by implementing the
> > net.sf.saxon.style.ExtensionElementFactory. It works, and I'm
> > very happy. But then, I have to change the implementation of
> > xslt, and move to xalan (or any other java processor).
> > I've got a problem, haven't I ?
> > Saxon uses its own interface, and xalan too... So I've got to
> > rewrite my extension according to the xalan interface.
> >
> > I thought that XSLT 1.1 would provide independant interfaces
> > (in the same way that DOM does with the org.w3c.dom.*
> > package) in order to write portable code. Wouldn't it be more
> > simple and safe for user to have such a definition ?
>
> Yes, it would be nice if there was a standard interface for doing this.
>
> But the XSL WG decided that it was not their job, and no-one else has
> volunteered.
>
> Michael Kay

Thanks very much, this is exactly what I expected !
a clear response like this :-)



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