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package javax.xml.transform;

import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * An XSL transformation.
 * Instances of this class may be reused, but the same instance may not be
 * used concurrently by different threads.
 *
 * @author (a href='mailto:dog@gnu.org'>Chris Burdess</a)
 */
public abstract class Transformer
{

  protected Transformer()
  {
  }

  /**
   * Transforms the source XML to a result tree.
   * @param xmlSource the XML source
   * @param outputTarget the result of the transformation
   */
  public abstract void transform(Source xmlSource, Result outputTarget) 
    throws TransformerException;
  
  /**
   * Sets a parameter value for the transformation.
   * Parameters may be referenced in the XSLT stylesheet.
   * @param name the parameter name (an XML Name, or a namespace-prefixed
   * XML Name of the form <code>{<i>namespaceURI</i>}<i>localName</i></code>
   * @param value the value to assign
   */
  public abstract void setParameter(String name, Object value);

  /**
   * Returns the specified parameter value.
   * @param name the parameter name (an XML Name, or a namespace-prefixed
   * XML Name of the form <code>{<i>namespaceURI</i>}<i>localName</i></code>
   */
  public abstract Object getParameter(String name);

  /**
   * Clears all parameter values.
   */
  public abstract void clearParameters();

  /**
   * Sets the callback used to resolve entities referenced by
   * <code>xsl:include</code>, <code>xsl:import</code>, or the XPath
   * <code>document()</code> function.
   */
  public abstract void setURIResolver(URIResolver resolver);

  /**
   * Returns the callback used to resolve entities referenced by
   * <code>xsl:include</code>, <code>xsl:import</code>, or the XPath
   * <code>document()</code> function.
   */
  public abstract URIResolver getURIResolver();

  /**
   * Sets the output properties for the transformation, overriding any
   * properties defined in the stylesheet.
   * The format of property keys is as in the
   * {@link #setOutputProperty(java.lang.String,java.lang.String)} method.
   * @param oformat a set of output properties, or null to reset all the
   * properties to their default values
   */
  public abstract void setOutputProperties(Properties oformat) 
    throws IllegalArgumentException;

  /**
   * Returns a copy of the output properties for the transformation.
   * Missing properties are defaulted according the
   * <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#output'>XSLT Recommendation, section
   * 16</a>: <code>getProperty(String)</code> returns all properties
   * including defaulted ones, and <code>get(Object)</code> returns only the
   * properties explicitly set in the stylesheet.
   */
  public abstract Properties getOutputProperties();

  /**
   * Sets an output property for the transformation, overriding any property
   * of the same name defined in the stylesheet.
   * @param name the property name (an XML Name, or a namespace-prefixed
   * XML Name of the form <code>{<i>namespaceURI</i>}<i>localName</i></code>
   * @param value the string value of the property
   * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the property is not supported
   */
  public abstract void setOutputProperty(String name, String value) 
    throws IllegalArgumentException;

  /**
   * Returns the value of an output property for the transformation.
   * Only explicit properties set programmatically or defined in the
   * stylesheet, not defaulted properties, are returned by this method.
   * @param name the property name (an XML Name, or a namespace-prefixed
   * XML Name of the form <code>{<i>namespaceURI</i>}<i>localName</i></code>
   * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the property is not supported
   */
  public abstract String getOutputProperty(String name) 
    throws IllegalArgumentException;

  /**
   * Sets the callback used to report errors during the transformation.
   *  @exception IllegalArgumentException if the listener is null
   */
  public abstract void setErrorListener(ErrorListener listener)
    throws IllegalArgumentException;
  
  /**
   * Returns the callback used to report errors during the transformation.
   */
  public abstract ErrorListener getErrorListener();

  // -- JAXP 1.3 methods --

  /**
   * Reset this Transformer to its original configuration.
   * @since 1.3
   */
  public void reset()
  {
  }

}