org.apache.xalan.xslt
Class KeyTable

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.apache.xalan.xslt.KeyTable

public class KeyTable
extends java.lang.Object

**For advanced use only** Table of element keys, keyed by document node. An instance of this class is keyed by a Document node that should be matched with the root of the current context. It contains a table of name mappings to tables that contain mappings of identifier values to nodes.


Method Summary
 org.w3c.dom.NodeList getNodeSetByKey(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String ref)
          **For advanced use only** Given a valid element key, return the corresponding node list.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Method Detail

getNodeSetByKey

public org.w3c.dom.NodeList getNodeSetByKey(java.lang.String name,
                                            java.lang.String ref)
**For advanced use only** Given a valid element key, return the corresponding node list.
Parameters:
The - name of the key, which must match the 'name' attribute on xsl:key.
ref - The value that must match the value found by the 'match' attribute on xsl:key.
Returns:
If the name was not declared with xsl:key, this will return null, if the identifier is not found, it will return an empty node set, otherwise it will return a nodeset of nodes.


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