org.jaxen.expr

Interface LocationPath

All Superinterfaces:

Expr, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultAbsoluteLocationPath, DefaultRelativeLocationPath

public interface LocationPath
extends Expr

Represents an XPath location path such as //foo/bar or pre:baz[position()=last()]. This is production 1 in the XPath 1.0 specification:

[1]  LocationPath ::= RelativeLocationPath    
                    | AbsoluteLocationPath

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addStep(Step step) Add the next step to this location path.
List	getSteps() Returns the ordered list of steps in this location path.
boolean	isAbsolute() Returns true if this is an absolute location path; false if it isn't.

Methods inherited from interface org.jaxen.expr.Expr

evaluate, getText, simplify

Method Detail

addStep

void addStep(Step step)

Add the next step to this location path.

Parameters:

step -

getSteps

List getSteps()

Returns the ordered list of steps in this location path. This list may be live.

Returns:

the ordered list of steps in this location path

isAbsolute

boolean isAbsolute()

Returns true if this is an absolute location path; false if it isn't. Absolute location paths all begiune with / or //.

Returns:

true if this is an absol;ute location path; false if it isn't