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1 /* |
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2 * Copyright 2000-2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
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3 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. |
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4 * |
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5 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it |
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6 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as |
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7 * published by the Free Software Foundation. Sun designates this |
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8 * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided |
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9 * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. |
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10 * |
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11 * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT |
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12 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or |
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13 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License |
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14 * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that |
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15 * accompanied this code). |
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16 * |
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17 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version |
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18 * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, |
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19 * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. |
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20 * |
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21 * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara, |
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22 * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or |
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23 * have any questions. |
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24 */ |
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25 |
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26 package javax.xml.transform; |
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27 |
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28 import java.util.Properties; |
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29 |
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30 |
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31 |
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32 |
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33 /** |
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34 * An object that implements this interface is the runtime representation of processed |
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35 * transformation instructions. |
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36 * |
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37 * <p>Templates must be threadsafe for a given instance |
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38 * over multiple threads running concurrently, and may |
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39 * be used multiple times in a given session.</p> |
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40 */ |
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41 public interface Templates { |
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42 |
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43 /** |
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44 * Create a new transformation context for this Templates object. |
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45 * |
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46 * @return A valid non-null instance of a Transformer. |
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47 * |
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48 * @throws TransformerConfigurationException if a Transformer can not be created. |
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49 */ |
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50 Transformer newTransformer() throws TransformerConfigurationException; |
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51 |
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52 /** |
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53 * Get the properties corresponding to the effective xsl:output element. |
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54 * The object returned will |
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55 * be a clone of the internal values. Accordingly, it can be mutated |
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56 * without mutating the Templates object, and then handed in to |
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57 * {@link javax.xml.transform.Transformer#setOutputProperties}. |
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58 * |
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59 * <p>The properties returned should contain properties set by the stylesheet, |
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60 * and these properties are "defaulted" by default properties specified by |
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61 * <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#output">section 16 of the |
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62 * XSL Transformations (XSLT) W3C Recommendation</a>. The properties that |
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63 * were specifically set by the stylesheet should be in the base |
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64 * Properties list, while the XSLT default properties that were not |
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65 * specifically set should be in the "default" Properties list. Thus, |
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66 * getOutputProperties().getProperty(String key) will obtain any |
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67 * property in that was set by the stylesheet, <em>or</em> the default |
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68 * properties, while |
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69 * getOutputProperties().get(String key) will only retrieve properties |
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70 * that were explicitly set in the stylesheet.</p> |
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71 * |
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72 * <p>For XSLT, |
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73 * <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#attribute-value-templates">Attribute |
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74 * Value Templates</a> attribute values will |
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75 * be returned unexpanded (since there is no context at this point). The |
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76 * namespace prefixes inside Attribute Value Templates will be unexpanded, |
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77 * so that they remain valid XPath values.</p> |
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78 * |
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79 * @return A Properties object, never null. |
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80 */ |
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81 Properties getOutputProperties(); |
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82 } |