Neat! You should talk to hyatt and jband, as they have done similar work
to make XBL work...
Alec
Jon Smirl wrote:
> This has nothing to do with dependencies. The XSLT language allows you to
> define arbitrary extension functions which can be called from XSLT. Since
> these functions are arbitrary there can't be a predefined interface for the
> functions. So, the only way to load the functions if to load the component
> ID, discover the IID of the interfaces in the component, and then go
> searching for a method signature that matches the call from the XSLT engine.
>
> Incomplete example...
>
> Define XSLT extension namespace
> ... xmlns:extension="xpcom:my-component"
> A this point XSLT should CreateInstance the component
>
> my-component implements the custom xsIAdder interface
> it has one method add(a, b)
>
> from xslt I call
> extension::add(x,y)
> Now I have to search for an interface containing the add(x,y) function.
>
> The next XSLT sheet may use the multiply component implementing the
> xsIMultiply interface
>
> I guess the extension definition could be changed to also require an IID
> but this would make it work different that other XSLT processors. But the
> other problems outlined in previous messages would remain.
>
> Jon Smirl
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