org.fusesource.common.util

Class XPathFacade

java.lang.Object

org.fusesource.common.util.XPathFacade

public class XPathFacade
extends java.lang.Object

A facade for working with XPath expressions created via the XPathBuilder helper class. For example XPathBuilder builder = new XPathBuilder(); Element firstElement = builder.xpath("//foo[@x='abc']").element(doc);

See Also:

for how to create this facade

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
XPathFacade(XPathBuilder builder, java.lang.String xpathText, javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpression expression)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
org.w3c.dom.Element	element(java.lang.Object item) Evaluates the XPath expression on the given item and return the first Element or null
java.util.List<org.w3c.dom.Element>	elements(java.lang.Object item) Evaluates the XPath expression on the given item and return a list of nodes
java.lang.String	elementTextContent(java.lang.Object item) Returns the text content of the selected item or null if no element is found
XPathBuilder	getBuilder()
javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpression	getExpression()
java.lang.String	getXpathText()
org.w3c.dom.Node	node(java.lang.Object item) Evaluates the XPath expression on the given item and return the first node or null
java.util.List<org.w3c.dom.Node>	nodes(java.lang.Object item) Evaluates the XPath expression on the given item and return a list of nodes
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XPathFacade

public XPathFacade(XPathBuilder builder,
           java.lang.String xpathText,
           javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpression expression)

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

node

public org.w3c.dom.Node node(java.lang.Object item)
                      throws javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException

Evaluates the XPath expression on the given item and return the first node or null

Throws:

javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException

nodes

public java.util.List<org.w3c.dom.Node> nodes(java.lang.Object item)
                                       throws javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException

Evaluates the XPath expression on the given item and return a list of nodes

Throws:

javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException

elements

public java.util.List<org.w3c.dom.Element> elements(java.lang.Object item)
                                             throws javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException

Evaluates the XPath expression on the given item and return a list of nodes

Throws:

javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException

element

public org.w3c.dom.Element element(java.lang.Object item)
                            throws javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException

Evaluates the XPath expression on the given item and return the first Element or null

Throws:

javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException

elementTextContent

public java.lang.String elementTextContent(java.lang.Object item)
                                    throws javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException

Returns the text content of the selected item or null if no element is found

Throws:

javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException

getBuilder

public XPathBuilder getBuilder()

getXpathText

public java.lang.String getXpathText()

getExpression

public javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpression getExpression()