Package com.luciad.format.xml.xpath

Class TLcdXMLXPathString

java.lang.Object

com.luciad.format.xml.xpath.TLcdXMLXPathString

public class TLcdXMLXPathString
extends Object

Simple object representing an xpath expression as a string. This object also keeps track of the name space context to allow proper resolution of name space prefixes used in the xpath expression later on.

Since:

10.0

See Also:

• TLcdXMLXPathDecoderLibrary
• TLcdXMLXPathEncoderLibrary

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TLcdXMLXPathString(String aExpression, Map<String,String> aPrefix2Namespace)	Constructs an xpath string given an xpath expression string and a name space prefix map.
TLcdXMLXPathString(String aExpression, NamespaceContext aNamespaceContext)	Constructs an xpath string given an xpath expression string and a name space context.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getExpression()	Returns the xpath expression
NamespaceContext	getNamespaceContext()	Returns the namespace context of this object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

TLcdXMLXPathString

public TLcdXMLXPathString(String aExpression,
 NamespaceContext aNamespaceContext)

Constructs an xpath string given an xpath expression string and a name space context.

Parameters:

aExpression - the xpath expression

aNamespaceContext - the name space context

TLcdXMLXPathString

public TLcdXMLXPathString(String aExpression,
 Map<String,String> aPrefix2Namespace)

Constructs an xpath string given an xpath expression string and a name space prefix map.

Parameters:

aExpression - the xpath expression

aPrefix2Namespace - a map that maps the prefixes used in the expression to a name space URI

Method Details

getExpression

public String getExpression()

Returns the xpath expression

Returns:

the xpath expression

getNamespaceContext

public NamespaceContext getNamespaceContext()

Returns the namespace context of this object. This name space context can be used to resolve name space uri's for prefixes used in the expression.

Returns:

the namespace context that can be used to resolve prefixes in the expression