com.icl.saxon.tree
Interface NodeFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

StyleNodeFactory

public interface NodeFactory

Interface NodeFactory.
A Factory for nodes used to build a tree.
Currently only allows Element nodes to be user-constructed.

Version:

25 February 2000

Author:

Method Summary

ElementImpl

makeElementNode(NodeInfo parent, int nameCode, AttributeCollection attlist, int[] namespaces, int namespacesUsed, Locator locator, int sequenceNumber) Create an Element node

Method Detail

makeElementNode

public ElementImpl makeElementNode(NodeInfo parent,
                                   int nameCode,
                                   AttributeCollection attlist,
                                   int[] namespaces,
                                   int namespacesUsed,
                                   Locator locator,
                                   int sequenceNumber)

Create an Element node

Parameters:

parent - The parent element

attlist - The attribute collection, excluding any namespace attributes

namespaces - List of new namespace declarations for this element, as a sequence of namespace codes representing pairs of strings: (prefix1, uri1), (prefix2, uri2)...

namespacesUsed - the number of elemnts of the namespaces array actually used

locator - Indicates the source document and line number containing the node

sequenceNumber - Sequence number to be assigned to represent document order.