I think the method you want is executeChildTemplates from the TransformerImpl class. I'm fairly new to Xalan, so if there is a better way I would love to hear about it. I'm fairly confident that this will compile and run correctly, but I have stripped a lot of my application specific code from it.
public static DocumentFragment LinkBody(XSLProcessorContext context, ElemExtensionCall elem) { TransformerImpl transformer = context.getTransformer(); Document doc = new org.apache.xerces.domDocumentImpl(); DocumentFragment frag = doc.createDocumentFragment(); Element link = doc.createElement("a"); link.setAttribute("href", "#"); frag.appendChild(link); // evaluate contents of element try { ContentHandler handler = new org.apache.xml.utils.DOMBuilder(doc, link); transformer.executeChildTemplates(elem, context.getContextNode(), context.getMode(), handler); } catch ( TransformerException e ) { e.printStackTrace(); } return frag; } Hope this helps, Josh -----Original Message----- From: Jayatheerthan K [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 6:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Extension element - handling nested content Hi, I am writing a nested extension element which looks like the one below : <my:Link formName="someFormName" action="someAction"> <my:LinkParam name="n1" value="v1"/> <my:LinkParam name="n2" value="{$someParam}"/> <my:LinkBody> <!-- any valid XSL content or simple text could go here --> </my:LinkBody> </my:Link> This extension element would be converted to <a href="javascript:myFunction(formname, action, 'n1=v1', 'n2=someParamValue')> processed Link Body </a> In my extension handler Java class, I am creating an Element object for anchor tag and appending the LinkParam's values for href attribute. I would like to know how I can process the my:LinkBody contents and append it as a child to the anchor element so that I can place the anchor element to the output result tree. Any pointers are very much appreciated. Thanks, Jayatheerthan __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree