Actually I found a partial (?) answer to my question at http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/xpath_apis.html
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Toadie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > I am interested in whether or not it would be possible to extend or > write a customer Extension Element Resolver (extend is ideal). > > My use case is as follows: I'd like to have XSLT invoking custom java > extension functions whereby the java extension functions are created > via Spring factory instead of just standard class.forName as it is > used in org.apache.xalan.extensions.XPathFunctionResolverImpl > > My questions are: > 1. If I were to extend XPathFunctionResolverImpl , how would I > register my custom FunctionResolverImpl with Xalan (2.7.1) > 2. Or alternatively, do I have to write a custom XPathFactory and > register that via javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory property as per JAXP > way? > > Thanks in advance for any insights > > T. >
