org.apache.excalibur.xml.xpath
Class XPathProcessorImpl

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.AbstractLogEnabled
      org.apache.excalibur.xml.xpath.AbstractProcessorImpl
          org.apache.excalibur.xml.xpath.XPathProcessorImpl

All Implemented Interfaces:

Component, Configurable, LogEnabled, ThreadSafe, PrefixResolver, XPathProcessor

public final class XPathProcessorImpl
extends AbstractProcessorImpl
implements ThreadSafe

This class defines the implementation of the XPathProcessor component. To configure it, add the following lines in the cocoon.xconf file:

 <xpath-processor class="org.apache.cocoon.components.xpath.XPathProcessorImpl">
 </xpath-processor>
 

Version:

CVS $Revision: 1.4 $ $Date: 2004/02/28 11:47:15 $ $Author: cziegeler $

Author:

Avalon Development Team

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.excalibur.xml.xpath.XPathProcessor

ROLE

Constructor Summary

XPathProcessorImpl()

Method Summary

void	configure(Configuration configuration)
boolean	evaluateAsBoolean(org.w3c.dom.Node contextNode, String str, PrefixResolver resolver) Evaluate XPath expression within a context.
Number	evaluateAsNumber(org.w3c.dom.Node contextNode, String str, PrefixResolver resolver) Evaluate XPath expression within a context.
String	evaluateAsString(org.w3c.dom.Node contextNode, String str, PrefixResolver resolver) Evaluate XPath expression within a context.
org.w3c.dom.NodeList	selectNodeList(org.w3c.dom.Node contextNode, String str, PrefixResolver resolver) Use an XPath string to select a nodelist.
org.w3c.dom.Node	selectSingleNode(org.w3c.dom.Node contextNode, String str, PrefixResolver resolver) Use an XPath string to select a single node.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.excalibur.xml.xpath.AbstractProcessorImpl

evaluateAsBoolean, evaluateAsNumber, evaluateAsString, prefixToNamespace, selectNodeList, selectSingleNode

Methods inherited from class org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.AbstractLogEnabled

enableLogging, getLogger, setupLogger, setupLogger, setupLogger

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XPathProcessorImpl

public XPathProcessorImpl()

Method Detail

configure

public void configure(Configuration configuration)
               throws ConfigurationException

Specified by:

configure in interface Configurable

Overrides:

configure in class AbstractProcessorImpl

Throws:

ConfigurationException

evaluateAsBoolean

public boolean evaluateAsBoolean(org.w3c.dom.Node contextNode,
                                 String str,
                                 PrefixResolver resolver)

Evaluate XPath expression within a context.

Specified by:

evaluateAsBoolean in interface XPathProcessor

Specified by:

evaluateAsBoolean in class AbstractProcessorImpl

Parameters:

contextNode - The context node.

str - A valid XPath string.

resolver - a PrefixResolver, used for resolving namespace prefixes

Returns:

expression result as boolean.

evaluateAsNumber

public Number evaluateAsNumber(org.w3c.dom.Node contextNode,
                               String str,
                               PrefixResolver resolver)

Evaluate XPath expression within a context.

Specified by:

evaluateAsNumber in interface XPathProcessor

Specified by:

evaluateAsNumber in class AbstractProcessorImpl

Parameters:

contextNode - The context node.

str - A valid XPath string.

resolver - a PrefixResolver, used for resolving namespace prefixes

Returns:

expression result as number.

evaluateAsString

public String evaluateAsString(org.w3c.dom.Node contextNode,
                               String str,
                               PrefixResolver resolver)

Evaluate XPath expression within a context.

Specified by:

evaluateAsString in interface XPathProcessor

Specified by:

evaluateAsString in class AbstractProcessorImpl

Parameters:

contextNode - The context node.

str - A valid XPath string.

resolver - a PrefixResolver, used for resolving namespace prefixes

Returns:

expression result as string.

selectSingleNode

public org.w3c.dom.Node selectSingleNode(org.w3c.dom.Node contextNode,
                                         String str,
                                         PrefixResolver resolver)

Use an XPath string to select a single node.

Specified by:

selectSingleNode in interface XPathProcessor

Specified by:

selectSingleNode in class AbstractProcessorImpl

Parameters:

contextNode - The node to start searching from.

str - A valid XPath string.

resolver - a PrefixResolver, used for resolving namespace prefixes

Returns:

The first node found that matches the XPath, or null.

selectNodeList

public org.w3c.dom.NodeList selectNodeList(org.w3c.dom.Node contextNode,
                                           String str,
                                           PrefixResolver resolver)

Use an XPath string to select a nodelist.

Specified by:

selectNodeList in interface XPathProcessor

Specified by:

selectNodeList in class AbstractProcessorImpl

Parameters:

contextNode - The node to start searching from.

str - A valid XPath string.

resolver - a PrefixResolver, used for resolving namespace prefixes

Returns:

A List, should never be null.