Package com.xmlmind.xml.sxpath

Class XPath

java.lang.Object

com.xmlmind.xml.sxpath.XPath

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public final class XPath
extends Object
implements Serializable

A simple implementation of XPath.

The subset supported by this implementation is the subset required to implement W3C XML Schema validation plus the support for absolute XPaths (W3C XMLSchema only requires supporting relative XPaths).

See Also:

Serialized Form

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object other)
static XPath	fromString(String s, PrefixToNamespace prefixToNS)	Equivalent to fromString(s, prefixToNS, false).
static XPath	fromString(String s, PrefixToNamespace prefixToNS, boolean allowDefaultNS)	Parses specified string as a XPath.
Path[]	getPaths()	Returns the list of Paths composing this XPath.
boolean	match(XNode xnode)	Tests if this XPath matches specified node or attribute.
boolean	sameAs(XPath other)	Compares this XPath to the specified one but unlike equals(java.lang.Object) the order of Paths within compared XPaths is not significant.
XNode[]	select(Tree tree)	Returns nodes or attributes selected by this XPath in specified subtree.
XNode[]	select(Tree tree, boolean attributePlaceholder)	Returns nodes or attributes selected by this XPath in specified subtree.
String	toString(NamespaceToPrefixes nsToPrefixes)	Returns this XPath converted to a parsable string.
static XNode[]	union(XNode[] set1, XNode[] set2)	Returns the union of specified sets.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

fromString

public static XPath fromString(String s,
                               PrefixToNamespace prefixToNS)

Equivalent to fromString(s, prefixToNS, false).

fromString

public static XPath fromString(String s,
                               PrefixToNamespace prefixToNS,
                               boolean allowDefaultNS)

Parses specified string as a XPath. Syntax may be abbreviated or not.

Parameters:

s - string to be parsed

prefixToNS - map used to get namespaces corresponding to prefixes found in string; may be null

allowDefaultNS - when parsing an element name having no prefix, use the default namespace if any

Returns:

a XPath or null if string has syntax errors or contains unknown prefixes.

See Also:

Name.parse(java.lang.String, boolean, com.xmlmind.xml.name.PrefixToNamespace)

getPaths

public Path[] getPaths()

Returns the list of Paths composing this XPath. A XPath is a union of Paths (that is, Path|Path ... |Path).

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

sameAs

public boolean sameAs(XPath other)

Compares this XPath to the specified one but unlike equals(java.lang.Object) the order of Paths within compared XPaths is not significant.

toString

public String toString(NamespaceToPrefixes nsToPrefixes)

Returns this XPath converted to a parsable string.

Parameters:

nsToPrefixes - map used to get prefixes corresponding to namespaces referenced in this XPath; may be null

Returns:

this XPath converted to a parsable string

See Also:

Name.format(boolean, com.xmlmind.xml.name.NamespaceToPrefixes)

select

public XNode[] select(Tree tree)

Returns nodes or attributes selected by this XPath in specified subtree.

Parameters:

tree - subtree to be searched

Returns:

A possibly empty array of nodes or attributes selected by this XPath

See Also:

Node, Attribute

select

public XNode[] select(Tree tree,
                      boolean attributePlaceholder)

Returns nodes or attributes selected by this XPath in specified subtree.

Parameters:

tree - subtree to be searched

attributePlaceholder - if false: add an Attribute to returned array only if the XPath has successfully selected this attribute.

if true: when the element part of the XPath (example: /html/body//pre in /html/body//pre/@class) has successfully selected an Element which does not have the attribute specified by the XPath, add anyway an Attribute with a null value to returned array.

Returns:

A possibly empty array of nodes or attributes selected by this XPath

See Also:

Node, Attribute

union

public static XNode[] union(XNode[] set1,
                            XNode[] set2)

Returns the union of specified sets.

Parameters:

set1 - an array of nodes or attributes

set2 - another array of nodes or attributes

Returns:

union of specified sets

match

public boolean match(XNode xnode)

Tests if this XPath matches specified node or attribute.

Parameters:

xnode - node or attribute to be tested

Returns:

true if this XPath matches specified node or attribute; false otherwise