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* $Id: XPathAPI.java,v 1.2.4.1 2005/09/10 18:18:23 jeffsuttor Exp $
*/
/**
* 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.
*
* NOTE: In particular, each call to this method will create a new
* XPathContext, a new DTMManager... and thus a new DTM. That's very
* safe, since it guarantees that you're always processing against a
* fully up-to-date view of your document. But it's also portentially
* very expensive, since you're rebuilding the DTM every time. You should
* consider using an instance of CachedXPathAPI rather than these static
* methods.
*
* @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath">XPath Specification</a>
* */
public class XPathAPI
{
/**
* 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
}
}