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Factory Interface

Table 19-2 summarizes the methods of available through the Factory interface.

Table 19-2 Summary of Factory Methods; Tools Package

Function	Summary
Factory	Constructor.
createDOMParser	Create DOM Parser.
createSAXParser	Create SAX Parser.
createSchemaValidator	Create schema validator.
createXPathCompProcessor	Create extended XPath processor.
createXPathCompiler	Create XPath compiler.
createXPathProcessor	Create XPath processor.
createXPointerProcessor	Create XPointer processor.
createXslCompiler	Create Xsl compiler.
createXslExtendedTransformer	Create XSL extended transformer.
createXslTransformer	Create XSL transformer.
getContext	Get factory's context.
~Factory	Default destructor.

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Factory

Class constructor.

Syntax	Description
Factory() throw (FactoryException);	Default constructor
Factory(    Context* ctx_ptr) throw (FactoryException);	Creates factory object given a Context object.

Parameter	Description
ctx_ptr	pointer to a context object

Returns

(Factory) object

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createDOMParser

Creates DOM parser.

Syntax

DOMParser< Context, Node>* createDOMParser (
   DOMParserIdType id_type, 
   Context* ctx_ptr = NULL)
throw (FactoryException);

Parameter	Description
id_type	parser id type
ctx_ptr	pointer to a Context object

Returns

(DOMParser*) pointer to the parser object

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createSAXParser

Creates SAX parser.

Syntax

SAXParser< Context>* createSAXParser (
   SAXParserIdType id_type,
   Context* ctx_ptr = NULL)
throw (FactoryException);

Parameter	Description
id_type	parser id type
ctx_ptr	pointer to a Context object

Returns

(SAXParser*) pointer to the parser object

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createSchemaValidator

Creates schema validator.

Syntax

SchemaValidator< Node>* createSchemaValidator (
   SchValidatorIdType id_type,
   Context* ctx_ptr = NULL)
throw (FactoryException);

Parameter	Description
id_type	validator id type
ctx_ptr	pointer to a Context object

Returns

(SchemaValidator*) pointer to the validator object

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createXPathCompProcessor

Creates extended XPath processor; takes XvmPrCXml value only.

Syntax

CompProcessor< Context, Node>* createXPathCompProcessor (
   XPathPrIdType id_type,
   Context* ctx_ptr = NULL)
throw (FactoryException);

Parameter	Description
id_type	processor id type
ctx_ptr	pointer to a Context object

Returns

(CompProcessor*) pointer to the processor object

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createXPathCompiler

Creates XPath compiler.

Syntax

XPath::Compiler< Context, Node>* createXPathCompiler (
   XPathCompIdType id_type,
   Context* ctx_ptr = NULL)
throw (FactoryException);

Parameter	Description
id_type	compiler id type
ctx_ptr	pointer to a Context object

Returns

(XPathCompiler*) pointer to the compiler object

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createXPathProcessor

Creates XPath processor.

Syntax

XPath::Processor< Context, Node>* createXPathProcessor (
   XPathPrIdType id_type, 
   Context* ctx_ptr = NULL)
throw (FactoryException);

Parameter	Description
id_type	processor id type
ctx_ptr	pointer to a Context object

Returns

(Processor*) pointer to the processor object

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createXPointerProcessor

Creates XPointer processor.

Syntax

XPointer::Processor< Context, Node>* createXPointerProcessor (
   XppPrIdType id_type,
   Context* ctx_ptr = NULL)
throw (FactoryException);

Parameter	Description
id_type	processor id type
ctx_ptr	pointer to a Context object

Returns

(Processor*) pointer to the processor object

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createXslCompiler

Creates Xsl compiler.

Syntax

Xsl::Compiler< Context, Node>* createXslCompiler (
   XslCompIdType id_type,
   Context* ctx_ptr = NULL)
throw (FactoryException);

Parameter	Description
id_type	compiler id type
ctx_ptr	pointer to a Context object

Returns

(Compiler*) pointer to the compiler object

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createXslExtendedTransformer

Creates XSL extended trnasformer; takes XvmTrCXml value only.

Syntax

CompTransformer< Context, Node>* createXslExtendedTransformer (
   XslTrIdType id_type,
   Context* ctx_ptr = NULL)
throw (FactoryException);

Parameter	Description
id_type	transformer id type
ctx_ptr	pointer to a Context object

Returns

(CompTrasformer*) pointer to the transformer object

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createXslTransformer

Creates XSL trnasformer.

Syntax

Transformer< Context, Node>* createXslTransformer (
   XslTrIdType id_type, 
   Context* ctx_ptr = NULL)
throw (FactoryException);

Parameter	Description
id_type	transformer id type
ctx_ptr	pointer to a Context object

Returns

(Trasformer*) pointer to the transformer object

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getContext

Returns factory's context.

Syntax

Context* getContext() const;

Returns

(Context*) pointer to the context object

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~Factory

Default destructor.

Syntax

~Factory();