jaxp/src/java.xml/share/classes/javax/xml/transform/Templates.java
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    25 
       
    26 package javax.xml.transform;
       
    27 
       
    28 import java.util.Properties;
       
    29 
       
    30 
       
    31 
       
    32 
       
    33 /**
       
    34  * An object that implements this interface is the runtime representation of processed
       
    35  * transformation instructions.
       
    36  *
       
    37  * <p>Templates must be threadsafe for a given instance
       
    38  * over multiple threads running concurrently, and may
       
    39  * be used multiple times in a given session.</p>
       
    40  *
       
    41  * @since 1.4
       
    42  */
       
    43 public interface Templates {
       
    44 
       
    45     /**
       
    46      * Create a new transformation context for this Templates object.
       
    47      *
       
    48      * @return A valid non-null instance of a Transformer.
       
    49      *
       
    50      * @throws TransformerConfigurationException if a Transformer can not be created.
       
    51      */
       
    52     Transformer newTransformer() throws TransformerConfigurationException;
       
    53 
       
    54     /**
       
    55      * Get the properties corresponding to the effective xsl:output element.
       
    56      * The object returned will
       
    57      * be a clone of the internal values. Accordingly, it can be mutated
       
    58      * without mutating the Templates object, and then handed in to
       
    59      * {@link javax.xml.transform.Transformer#setOutputProperties}.
       
    60      *
       
    61      * <p>The properties returned should contain properties set by the stylesheet,
       
    62      * and these properties are "defaulted" by default properties specified by
       
    63      * <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#output">section 16 of the
       
    64      * XSL Transformations (XSLT) W3C Recommendation</a>.  The properties that
       
    65      * were specifically set by the stylesheet should be in the base
       
    66      * Properties list, while the XSLT default properties that were not
       
    67      * specifically set should be in the "default" Properties list.  Thus,
       
    68      * getOutputProperties().getProperty(String key) will obtain any
       
    69      * property in that was set by the stylesheet, <em>or</em> the default
       
    70      * properties, while
       
    71      * getOutputProperties().get(String key) will only retrieve properties
       
    72      * that were explicitly set in the stylesheet.</p>
       
    73      *
       
    74      * <p>For XSLT,
       
    75      * <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#attribute-value-templates">Attribute
       
    76      * Value Templates</a> attribute values will
       
    77      * be returned unexpanded (since there is no context at this point).  The
       
    78      * namespace prefixes inside Attribute Value Templates will be unexpanded,
       
    79      * so that they remain valid XPath values.</p>
       
    80      *
       
    81      * @return A Properties object, never null.
       
    82      */
       
    83     Properties getOutputProperties();
       
    84 }