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java.lang.Objectweblogic.xml.xpath.DOMXPath
Evaluates an XPath against a DOM representation of an XML document.
IMPORTANT: Each of the evaluateAs...() methods can take either a DOM Document or DOM Node. You should only pass a DOM Node if you really mean to evaluate the xpath in relation to a DOM subtree. Do not use the document element (Document.getDocumentElement()) if your intention is to evaluate the xpath against the whole document - these are not the same thing.To illustrate the difference, consider matching a simple
relative location path 'foo' against a document containing a single
element
Field Summary | |
static int |
BOOLEAN
Returned by getType() to indicate that
this XPath evaluates to a boolean. |
static int |
NAMESPACE_NODE_TYPE
Type for synthesized namespace nodes. |
static int |
NODESET
Returned by getType() to indicate that
this XPath evaluates to a node-set. |
static int |
NUMBER
Returned by getType() to indicate that
this XPath evaluates to a floating point number. |
static int |
OTHER
Returned by getType() to indicate that
this XPath evaluates to an extension-defined object. |
static int |
STRING
Returned by getType() to indicate that
this XPath evaluates to a string. |
Constructor Summary | |
DOMXPath(String xpath)
Constructs an object for evaluating the XPath expression contained in the given String. |
Method Summary | |
boolean |
evaluateAsBoolean(Document document)
Evaluates this XPath in the context of the given document and returns the result as a boolean. |
boolean |
evaluateAsBoolean(Node contextNode)
Evaluates this XPath in the context of the given Node and returns the result as a boolean. |
Set |
evaluateAsNodeset(Document document)
Evaluates this XPath in the context of the given document and returns the result as a node-set. |
Set |
evaluateAsNodeset(Node contextNode)
Evaluates this XPath in the context of the given Node and returns the result as a node-set. |
double |
evaluateAsNumber(Document document)
Evaluates this XPath in the context of the given document and returns the result as a number. |
double |
evaluateAsNumber(Node contextNode)
Evaluates this XPath in the context of the given Node and returns the result as a number. |
String |
evaluateAsString(Document document)
Evaluates this XPath in the context of the given document and returns the result as a String. |
String |
evaluateAsString(Node contextNode)
Evaluates this XPath in the context of the given Node and returns the result as a String. |
int |
getType()
Returns one of the integer constants declared above to indicate what type of value this XPath returns. |
static void |
main(String[] args)
This method allows an expression to be evaluated from the command line. |
void |
setVariableBindings(Map bindings)
Sets the variable bindings for the evaluation process. |
String |
toString()
Returns the string used to construct thie XPath. |
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object |
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait |
Field Detail |
public static final int BOOLEAN
getType()
to indicate that
this XPath evaluates to a boolean.
public static final int NAMESPACE_NODE_TYPE
public static final int NODESET
getType()
to indicate that
this XPath evaluates to a node-set.
public static final int NUMBER
getType()
to indicate that
this XPath evaluates to a floating point number.
public static final int OTHER
getType()
to indicate that
this XPath evaluates to an extension-defined object.
public static final int STRING
getType()
to indicate that
this XPath evaluates to a string.
Constructor Detail |
public DOMXPath(String xpath) throws XPathException
IllegalArgumentException
- if xpath is null.
XPathException
- if xpath
is not a valid xpath
or contains xpath constructs which are not supported.Method Detail |
public boolean evaluateAsBoolean(Document document) throws XPathException
Evaluates this XPath in the context of the given document and returns the result as a boolean. If this XPath naturally evaluates to a type other than boolean, the necessary type conversion will be performed as described in the XPath specification.
XPathException
public boolean evaluateAsBoolean(Node contextNode) throws XPathException
Evaluates this XPath in the context of the given Node and returns the result as a boolean. If this XPath naturally evaluates to a type other than boolean, the necessary type conversion will be performed as described in the XPath specification.
XPathException
public Set evaluateAsNodeset(Document document) throws XPathException
Evaluates this XPath in the context of the given document and returns the result as a node-set. The node-set is represented as a Set of org.w3c.dom.Nodes.
Some effort is made to ensure that Iterators retrived from such a Set will traverse the matched nodes in document order. This guarantee is not made for XPaths which make use of the union or composition operators.
Because the specification does not define conversions to node-set from other types, this method will return null if the XPath naturally evaluates to a type other than node-set.
XPathException
public Set evaluateAsNodeset(Node contextNode) throws XPathException
Evaluates this XPath in the context of the given Node and returns the result as a node-set. The node-set is represented as a Set of org.w3c.dom.Nodes.
Some effort is made to ensure that Iterators retrived from such a Set will traverse the matched nodes in document order. This guarantee is not made for XPaths which make use of the union or composition operators.
Because the specification does not define conversions to node-set from other types, this method will return null if the XPath naturally evaluates to a type other than node-set.
XPathException
public double evaluateAsNumber(Document document) throws XPathException
Evaluates this XPath in the context of the given document and returns the result as a number. If this XPath naturally evaluates to a type other than number, the necessary type conversion will be performed as described in the XPath specification.
XPathException
public double evaluateAsNumber(Node contextNode) throws XPathException
Evaluates this XPath in the context of the given Node and returns the result as a number. If this XPath naturally evaluates to a type other than number, the necessary type conversion will be performed as described in the XPath specification.
XPathException
public String evaluateAsString(Document document) throws XPathException
Evaluates this XPath in the context of the given document and returns the result as a String. If this XPath naturally evaluates to a type other than String, the necessary type conversion will be performed as described in the XPath specification.
XPathException
public String evaluateAsString(Node contextNode) throws XPathException
Evaluates this XPath in the context of the given Node and returns the result as a String. If this XPath naturally evaluates to a type other than String, the necessary type conversion will be performed as described in the XPath specification.
XPathException
public int getType() throws XPathException
XPathException
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
Exception
public void setVariableBindings(Map bindings)
public String toString()
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Documentation is available at http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13222_01/wls/docs91 Copyright 2005 BEA Systems Inc. |
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