uk.ac.ox.cs.diadem.webapi.dom.xpath

Interface DOMXPathEvaluator

public interface DOMXPathEvaluator

Provides XPath functionalities (http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-XPath/) For examples, https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Introduction_to_using_XPath_in_JavaScript, http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-291861.html, and http://xqilla.sourceforge .net/docs/dom3-api/classxercesc_1_1DOMXPathEvaluator.html

Author:

Giovanni Grasso (giovannigrasso@gmail.com) Oxford University, Deparment of Computer Science

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
DOMXPathExpression	createExpression(String expression, DOMXPathNSResolver resolver)
DOMXPathNSResolver	createNSResolver(DOMNode nodeResolver)
DOMXPathResult	evaluate(String expression, DOMNode contextNode, DOMXPathNSResolver resolver, short type, Object result)
com.google.common.collect.Table<DOMNode,String,List<DOMNode>>	evaluateBulk(DOMNode context, String pathToAnchorNodes, Set<String> contextualAttributeNodes)

Method Detail

createExpression

DOMXPathExpression createExpression(String expression,
                                    DOMXPathNSResolver resolver)
                             throws DOMXPathException

Throws:

DOMXPathException

createNSResolver

DOMXPathNSResolver createNSResolver(DOMNode nodeResolver)

evaluate

DOMXPathResult evaluate(String expression,
                        DOMNode contextNode,
                        DOMXPathNSResolver resolver,
                        short type,
                        Object result)
                 throws DOMXPathException

Parameters:

expression -

contextNode -

resolver -

type -

result - NOTE: it is not used therefore null is expected, otherwise is ignored

Returns:

Throws:

DOMXPathException

evaluateBulk

com.google.common.collect.Table<DOMNode,String,List<DOMNode>> evaluateBulk(DOMNode context,
                                                                           String pathToAnchorNodes,
                                                                           Set<String> contextualAttributeNodes)