weblogic.apache.xpath.objects
Class XNull

java.lang.Object
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public class XNull

extends XObject

This class represents an XPath null object, and is capable of converting the null to other types, such as a string.

This class is based on an implementation from the Apache XML Project. In future releases the XML parser, XSLT processor, and associated classes will likely be updated to be based on a later version of the Apache implementations. Since Apache does not guarantee backwards compatibility between versions of their software, we cannot guarantee backwards compatibility of any of the classes contained in the weblogic.apache package or sub-packages.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Fields inherited from class weblogic.apache.xpath.objects.XObject

CLASS_BOOLEAN, CLASS_NODESET, CLASS_NULL, CLASS_NUMBER, CLASS_RTREEFRAG, CLASS_STRING, CLASS_UNKNOWN, CLASS_UNRESOLVEDVARIABLE, m_obj

Fields inherited from class weblogic.apache.xpath.Expression

m_slocator

Constructor Summary

XNull()
Create an XObject.

Method Summary

boolean	bool() Cast result object to a boolean.
boolean	equals(XObject obj2) Tell if two objects are functionally equal.
int	getType() Tell what kind of class this is.
java.lang.String	getTypeString() Given a request type, return the equivalent string.
weblogic.apache.xml.dtm.DTMIterator	iter() Cast result object to a nodelist.
double	num() Cast result object to a number.
int	rtf(XPathContext support) Cast result object to a result tree fragment.
java.lang.String	str() Cast result object to a string.

Methods inherited from class weblogic.apache.xpath.objects.XObject

allowDetachToRelease, appendToFsb, boolWithSideEffects, castToType, create, create, destruct, detach, dispatchCharactersEvents, error, error, execute, fixupVariables, greaterThan, greaterThanOrEqual, lessThan, lessThanOrEqual, mutableNodeset, nodelist, nodeset, notEquals, numWithSideEffects, object, rtf, rtree, rtree, toString, xstr

Methods inherited from class weblogic.apache.xpath.Expression

asIterator, asNode, assertion, bool, canTraverseOutsideSubtree, error, execute, execute, executeCharsToContentHandler, isNodesetExpr, isStableNumber, num, setSourceLocator, warn, xstr

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XNull

public XNull()

Create an XObject.

Method Detail

getType

public int getType()

Tell what kind of class this is.

Returns:

type CLASS_NULL

Overrides:

getType in class XObject

getTypeString

public java.lang.String getTypeString()

Given a request type, return the equivalent string. For diagnostic purposes.

Returns:

type string "#CLASS_NULL"

Overrides:

getTypeString in class XObject

num

public double num()

Cast result object to a number.

Returns:

0.0

Overrides:

num in class XObject

bool

public boolean bool()

Cast result object to a boolean.

Returns:

false

Overrides:

bool in class XObject

str

public java.lang.String str()

Cast result object to a string.

Returns:

empty string ""

Overrides:

str in class XObject

rtf

public int rtf(XPathContext support)

Cast result object to a result tree fragment.

Parameters:

support - XPath context to use for the conversion

Returns:

The object as a result tree fragment.

Overrides:

rtf in class XObject

iter

public weblogic.apache.xml.dtm.DTMIterator iter()

Cast result object to a nodelist.

Returns:

null

Overrides:

iter in class XObject

equals

public boolean equals(XObject obj2)

Tell if two objects are functionally equal.

Parameters:

obj2 - Object to compare this to

Returns:

True if the given object is of type CLASS_NULL

Overrides:

equals in class XObject