/*
 * $Id: TransformerFactory.java,v 1.1 2003-02-01 02:10:28 cbj Exp $
 * Copyright (C) 2001 Andrew Selkirk
 * Copyright (C) 2001 David Brownell
 * 
 * This file is part of GNU JAXP, a library.
 *
 * GNU JAXP is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * GNU JAXP is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 *
 * As a special exception, if you link this library with other files to
 * produce an executable, this library does not by itself cause the
 * resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License.
 * This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the
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 */
package javax.xml.transform;

// Imports
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * Abstract class extended by implementations.
 *
 * @author	Andrew Selkirk, David Brownell
 * @version	1.0
 */
public abstract class TransformerFactory {

	/** Constructor, for use by subclasses. */
	protected TransformerFactory() {
	}


	//-------------------------------------------------------------
	// Methods ----------------------------------------------------
	//-------------------------------------------------------------

	/**
	 * Returns an object encapsulating the <?xml-stylesheet ?>
	 * processing instruction from the document that matches the
	 * specified criteria.
	 */
	public abstract Source getAssociatedStylesheet(Source source, 
		String media, String title, String charset) 
		throws TransformerConfigurationException;

	/** Returns an implementation-specific attribute */
	public abstract Object getAttribute(String name) 
		throws IllegalArgumentException;

	/** Returns the ErrorListener used when parsing stylesheets. */
	public abstract ErrorListener getErrorListener();

	/**
	 * Exposes capabilities of the underlying implementation.
	 * Examples include SAXSource.FEATURE and DOMResult.FEATURE.
	 */
	public abstract boolean getFeature(String name);

	/** Returns the URIResolver used when parsing stylesheets. */
	public abstract URIResolver getURIResolver();


	/**
	 * Returns a new TransformerFactory.  The name of this class
	 * is found by checking, in order:
	 * the <em>javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory</em>
	 *	system property,
	 * <em>$JAVA_HOME/lib/jaxp.properties</em> for the key with
	 *	that same name,
	 * JAR files in the class path with a <em>META-INF/services</em>
	 *	file with that same name,
	 * else the compiled-in platform default.
	 */
	public static TransformerFactory newInstance() 
	throws TransformerFactoryConfigurationError
	{
	    try {
		return (TransformerFactory) ClassStuff.createFactory (
			"javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory",
			"com.icl.saxon.TransformerFactoryImpl"
			// "gnu.xml.util.SAXNullTransformerFactory"
			// "org.apache.xalan.processor.TransformerFactoryImpl"
			);
	    } catch (ClassCastException e) {
		throw new TransformerFactoryConfigurationError(e);
	    }
	}


	/**
	 * Returns a pre-compiled stylesheet.
	 * @param stylesheet XSLT stylesheet specifying transform
	 */
	public abstract Templates newTemplates (Source stylesheet) 
		throws TransformerConfigurationException;

	/**
	 * Returns a transformer that performs the null transform.
	 */
	public abstract Transformer newTransformer() 
		throws TransformerConfigurationException;

	/**
	 * Returns a transformer making a specified transform.
	 * @param stylesheet XSLT stylesheet specifying transform
	 */
	public abstract Transformer newTransformer (Source stylesheet) 
		throws TransformerConfigurationException;


	/** Assigns an implementation-specific attribute */
	public abstract void setAttribute(String name, Object value)
		throws IllegalArgumentException;

	/** Assigns the ErrorListener used when parsing stylesheets. */
	public abstract void setErrorListener(ErrorListener listener) 
		throws IllegalArgumentException;

	/** Assigns the URIResolver used when parsing stylesheets. */
	public abstract void setURIResolver(URIResolver resolver);
}