PofNavigator (Oracle® Coherence Java API Reference)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPofPath, SimplePofPath
```
public interface PofNavigator
```
The PofNavigator interface represents an algorithm for navigating a PofValue hierarchy in order to locate a contained PofValue for extraction, modification or removal purposes.

Since:

Coherence 3.5

Author:

as 2009.02.14

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`PofValue`	`navigate(PofValue valueOrigin)`	Locate the `PofValue` identified by this PofNavigator within the passed PofValue.

- Method Detail
  - navigate
```
PofValue navigate(PofValue valueOrigin)
```
    Locate the PofValue identified by this PofNavigator within the passed PofValue. If one of the intermediate navigation values is null, return the null value immediately.
    
    Parameters:
    
    valueOrigin - the origin from which navigation starts
    
    Returns:
    
    the resulting PofValue
    
    Throws:
    
    PofNavigationException - if the navigation fails; for example one of the intermediate nodes in this path is a "terminal" PofValue such as SimplePofValue