org.jaxen.dom4j

Class Dom4jXPath

java.lang.Object

org.jaxen.BaseXPath

org.jaxen.dom4j.Dom4jXPath

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, XPath

public class Dom4jXPath
extends BaseXPath

An XPath implementation for the dom4j model

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:

 Node node = ...;
 XPath path = new Dom4jXPath("a/b/c");
 List results = path.selectNodes(node);
 

Version:

$Revision: 1162 $

Author:

bob mcwhirter, James Strachan

See Also:

BaseXPath, The dom4j website, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Dom4jXPath(String xpathExpr) Construct given 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

Dom4jXPath

public Dom4jXPath(String xpathExpr)
           throws JaxenException

Construct given an XPath expression string.

Parameters:

xpathExpr - the XPath expression

Throws:

JaxenException - if there is a syntax error while parsing the expression