This extension point designs a factory for a kind of extended items. In a server environment, the plugin registry uses this extension point registration to discover supported report item extensions. class that implements IExtendedItemFactory 2.3 The following is a sample usage of the extendedItemFactory extension point: <p> <pre> <extension point="org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.extendedItemFactory" name="chart extension"> <itemFactory name="org.eclipse.birt.chart" class="A class that implements IExtendedItemFactory"/> </extension> </pre> <p> [Enter API information here.] [Enter information about supplied implementation of this extension point.] Copyright (c) 2008 Actuate Corporation. All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html<br><br> Contributors: Actuate Corporation - initial API and implementation