diff -r 1208b0ef8ccb -r d2eb8f0a5bf0 src/eric7/QScintilla/Lexers/LexerXML.py
--- a/src/eric7/QScintilla/Lexers/LexerXML.py Mon Nov 07 19:07:21 2022 +0100
+++ b/src/eric7/QScintilla/Lexers/LexerXML.py Tue Nov 08 11:14:44 2022 +0100
@@ -120,3 +120,17 @@
@return string giving the keywords (string) or None
"""
return QsciLexerXML.keywords(self, kwSet)
+
+
+def createLexer(variant="", parent=None):
+ """
+ Function to instantiate a lexer object.
+
+ @param variant name of the language variant
+ @type str
+ @param parent parent widget of this lexer
+ @type QObject
+ @return instantiated lexer object
+ @rtype LexerXML
+ """
+ return LexerXML(parent=parent)
