org.jaxen.dom

Class DOMXPath

java.lang.Object

org.jaxen.BaseXPath

org.jaxen.dom.DOMXPath

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, XPath

public class DOMXPath
extends BaseXPath

An XPath implementation for the W3C DOM.

This is the main entry point for matching an XPath against a DOM tree. You create a compiled XPath object, then match it against one or more context nodes using the BaseXPath.selectNodes(Object) method, as in the following example:

 XPath path = new DOMXPath("a/b/c");
 List results = path.selectNodes(domNode);

Version:

$Revision: 1162 $

Author:

James Strachan, bob mcwhirter

See Also:

BaseXPath, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DOMXPath(String xpathExpr) Create a new DOMXPath from an XPath expression string.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class org.jaxen.BaseXPath

addNamespace, booleanValueOf, createFunctionContext, createNamespaceContext, createVariableContext, debug, evaluate, getContext, getContextSupport, getFunctionContext, getNamespaceContext, getNavigator, getRootExpr, getVariableContext, numberValueOf, selectNodes, selectNodesForContext, selectSingleNode, selectSingleNodeForContext, setFunctionContext, setNamespaceContext, setVariableContext, stringValueOf, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DOMXPath

public DOMXPath(String xpathExpr)
         throws JaxenException

Create a new DOMXPath from an XPath expression string.

Parameters:

xpathExpr - the XPath expression

Throws:

JaxenException - if there is a syntax error in the expression