Class LocationPathPattern

java.lang.Object

org.jaxen.pattern.Pattern

org.jaxen.pattern.LocationPathPattern

public class LocationPathPattern
extends Pattern

LocationPathPattern matches any node using a location path such as A/B/C. The parentPattern and ancestorPattern properties are used to chain location path patterns together

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

James Strachan

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class Pattern

ANY_NODE, ATTRIBUTE_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE, ELEMENT_NODE, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, MAX_NODE_TYPE, NAMESPACE_NODE, NO_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE, TEXT_NODE, UNKNOWN_NODE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
LocationPathPattern()
LocationPathPattern(NodeTest nodeTest)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addFilter(FilterExpr filter)	Adds a filter to this pattern
short	getMatchType()	Returns the type of node the pattern matches.
double	getPriority()	Returns the default resolution policy of the pattern according to the XSLT conflict resolution rules.
String	getText()	Returns a textual representation of this pattern
boolean	hasAnyNodeTest()
boolean	isAbsolute()
boolean	matches(Object node, Context context)
void	setAbsolute(boolean absolute)
void	setAncestorPattern(Pattern ancestorPattern)	Adds a pattern for an ancestor of the current context node used in this pattern.
void	setNodeTest(NodeTest nodeTest)	Allows the NodeTest to be set
void	setParentPattern(Pattern parentPattern)	Adds a pattern for the parent of the current context node used in this pattern.
Pattern	simplify()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class Pattern

getMatchesNodeName, getUnionPatterns

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

LocationPathPattern

public LocationPathPattern()

LocationPathPattern

public LocationPathPattern(NodeTest nodeTest)

Method Details

simplify

public Pattern simplify()

Overrides:

simplify in class Pattern

addFilter

public void addFilter(FilterExpr filter)

Adds a filter to this pattern

setParentPattern

public void setParentPattern(Pattern parentPattern)

Adds a pattern for the parent of the current context node used in this pattern.

setAncestorPattern

public void setAncestorPattern(Pattern ancestorPattern)

Adds a pattern for an ancestor of the current context node used in this pattern.

setNodeTest

public void setNodeTest(NodeTest nodeTest)
                 throws JaxenException

Allows the NodeTest to be set

Throws:

JaxenException

matches

public boolean matches(Object node,
 Context context)
                throws JaxenException

Specified by:

matches in class Pattern

Parameters:

node - ????

context - ????

Returns:

true if the pattern matches the given node

Throws:

JaxenException - if ????

getPriority

public double getPriority()

Description copied from class: Pattern

Returns the default resolution policy of the pattern according to the XSLT conflict resolution rules.

Overrides:

getPriority in class Pattern

Returns:

0.5; the default priority defined in XSLT

See Also:

• Section 5.5 of the XSLT specification

getMatchType

public short getMatchType()

Description copied from class: Pattern

Returns the type of node the pattern matches.

Overrides:

getMatchType in class Pattern

Returns:

ANY_NODE unless overridden

getText

public String getText()

Description copied from class: Pattern

Returns a textual representation of this pattern

Specified by:

getText in class Pattern

Returns:

the usual string form of this XSLT pattern

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

isAbsolute

public boolean isAbsolute()

setAbsolute

public void setAbsolute(boolean absolute)

hasAnyNodeTest

public boolean hasAnyNodeTest()