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* $Id: CachedXPathAPI.java,v 1.2.4.1 2005/09/10 03:47:42 jeffsuttor Exp $
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/**
* The methods in this class are convenience methods into the
* low-level XPath API.
*
* These functions tend to be a little slow, since a number of objects must be
* created for each evaluation. A faster way is to precompile the
* XPaths using the low-level API, and then just use the XPaths
* over and over.
*
* This is an alternative for the old XPathAPI class, which provided
* static methods for the purpose but had the drawback of
* instantiating a new XPathContext (and thus building a new DTMManager,
* and new DTMs) each time it was called. XPathAPIObject instead retains
* its context as long as the object persists, reusing the DTMs. This
* does have a downside: if you've changed your source document, you should
* obtain a new XPathAPIObject to continue searching it, since trying to use
* the old DTMs will probably yield bad results or malfunction outright... and
* the cached DTMs may consume memory until this object and its context are
* returned to the heap. Essentially, it's the caller's responsibility to
* decide when to discard the cache.
*
* @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath">XPath Specification</a>
* */
public class CachedXPathAPI
{
/** XPathContext, and thus the document model system (DTMs), persists through multiple
calls to this object. This is set in the constructor.
*/
/**
* <p>Default constructor. Establishes its own {@link XPathContext}, and hence
* its own {@link com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.dtm.DTMManager}.
* Good choice for simple uses.</p>
* <p>Note that any particular instance of {@link CachedXPathAPI} must not be
* operated upon by multiple threads without synchronization; we do
* not currently support multithreaded access to a single
* {@link com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.dtm.DTM}.</p>
*/
public CachedXPathAPI()
{
xpathSupport = new XPathContext();
}
/**
* <p>This constructor shares its {@link XPathContext} with a pre-existing
* {@link CachedXPathAPI}. That allows sharing document models
* ({@link com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.dtm.DTM}) and previously established location
* state.</p>
* <p>Note that the original {@link CachedXPathAPI} and the new one should
* not be operated upon concurrently; we do not support multithreaded access
* to a single {@link com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.dtm.DTM} at this time. Similarly,
* any particular instance of {@link CachedXPathAPI} must not be operated
* upon by multiple threads without synchronization.</p>
* <p>%REVIEW% Should this instead do a clone-and-reset on the XPathSupport object?</p>
*
*/
{
}
/** Returns the XPathSupport object used in this CachedXPathAPI
*
* %REVIEW% I'm somewhat concerned about the loss of encapsulation
* this causes, but the xml-security folks say they need it.
* */
{
return this.xpathSupport;
}
/**
* Use an XPath string to select a single node. XPath namespace
* prefixes are resolved from the context node, which may not
* be what you want (see the next method).
*
* @param contextNode The node to start searching from.
* @param str A valid XPath string.
* @return The first node found that matches the XPath, or null.
*
* @throws TransformerException
*/
throws TransformerException
{
}
/**
* Use an XPath string to select a single node.
* XPath namespace prefixes are resolved from the namespaceNode.
*
* @param contextNode The node to start searching from.
* @param str A valid XPath string.
* @param namespaceNode The node from which prefixes in the XPath will be resolved to namespaces.
* @return The first node found that matches the XPath, or null.
*
* @throws TransformerException
*/
throws TransformerException
{
// Have the XObject return its result as a NodeSetDTM.
// Return the first node, or null
}
/**
* Use an XPath string to select a nodelist.
* XPath namespace prefixes are resolved from the contextNode.
*
* @param contextNode The node to start searching from.
* @param str A valid XPath string.
* @return A NodeIterator, should never be null.
*
* @throws TransformerException
*/
throws TransformerException
{
}
/**
* Use an XPath string to select a nodelist.
* XPath namespace prefixes are resolved from the namespaceNode.
*
* @param contextNode The node to start searching from.
* @param str A valid XPath string.
* @param namespaceNode The node from which prefixes in the XPath will be resolved to namespaces.
* @return A NodeIterator, should never be null.
*
* @throws TransformerException
*/
throws TransformerException
{
// Execute the XPath, and have it return the result
// Have the XObject return its result as a NodeSetDTM.
}
/**
* Use an XPath string to select a nodelist.
* XPath namespace prefixes are resolved from the contextNode.
*
* @param contextNode The node to start searching from.
* @param str A valid XPath string.
* @return A NodeIterator, should never be null.
*
* @throws TransformerException
*/
throws TransformerException
{
}
/**
* Use an XPath string to select a nodelist.
* XPath namespace prefixes are resolved from the namespaceNode.
*
* @param contextNode The node to start searching from.
* @param str A valid XPath string.
* @param namespaceNode The node from which prefixes in the XPath will be resolved to namespaces.
* @return A NodeIterator, should never be null.
*
* @throws TransformerException
*/
throws TransformerException
{
// Execute the XPath, and have it return the result
// Return a NodeList.
}
/**
* Evaluate XPath string to an XObject. Using this method,
* XPath namespace prefixes will be resolved from the namespaceNode.
* @param contextNode The node to start searching from.
* @param str A valid XPath string.
* @return An XObject, which can be used to obtain a string, number, nodelist, etc, should never be null.
* @see com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.objects.XObject
* @see com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.objects.XNull
* @see com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.objects.XBoolean
* @see com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.objects.XNumber
* @see com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.objects.XString
* @see com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.objects.XRTreeFrag
*
* @throws TransformerException
*/
throws TransformerException
{
}
/**
* Evaluate XPath string to an XObject.
* XPath namespace prefixes are resolved from the namespaceNode.
* The implementation of this is a little slow, since it creates
* a number of objects each time it is called. This could be optimized
* to keep the same objects around, but then thread-safety issues would arise.
*
* @param contextNode The node to start searching from.
* @param str A valid XPath string.
* @param namespaceNode The node from which prefixes in the XPath will be resolved to namespaces.
* @return An XObject, which can be used to obtain a string, number, nodelist, etc, should never be null.
* @see com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.objects.XObject
* @see com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.objects.XNull
* @see com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.objects.XBoolean
* @see com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.objects.XNumber
* @see com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.objects.XString
* @see com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.objects.XRTreeFrag
*
* @throws TransformerException
*/
throws TransformerException
{
// Since we don't have a XML Parser involved here, install some default support
// for things like namespaces, etc.
// (Changed from: XPathContext xpathSupport = new XPathContext();
// because XPathContext is weak in a number of areas... perhaps
// XPathContext should be done away with.)
// Create an object to resolve namespace prefixes.
// XPath namespaces are resolved from the input context node's document element
// if it is a root node, or else the current context node (for lack of a better
// resolution space, given the simplicity of this sample code).
// Create the XPath object.
// Execute the XPath, and have it return the result
// return xpath.execute(xpathSupport, contextNode, prefixResolver);
}
/**
* Evaluate XPath string to an XObject.
* XPath namespace prefixes are resolved from the namespaceNode.
* The implementation of this is a little slow, since it creates
* a number of objects each time it is called. This could be optimized
* to keep the same objects around, but then thread-safety issues would arise.
*
* @param contextNode The node to start searching from.
* @param str A valid XPath string.
* @param prefixResolver Will be called if the parser encounters namespace
* prefixes, to resolve the prefixes to URLs.
* @return An XObject, which can be used to obtain a string, number, nodelist, etc, should never be null.
* @see com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.objects.XObject
* @see com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.objects.XNull
* @see com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.objects.XBoolean
* @see com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.objects.XNumber
* @see com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.objects.XString
* @see com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.objects.XRTreeFrag
*
* @throws TransformerException
*/
throws TransformerException
{
// Since we don't have a XML Parser involved here, install some default support
// for things like namespaces, etc.
// (Changed from: XPathContext xpathSupport = new XPathContext();
// because XPathContext is weak in a number of areas... perhaps
// XPathContext should be done away with.)
// Create the XPath object.
// Execute the XPath, and have it return the result
}
}