com.codemonster.surinam.parser
Class XPath

java.lang.Object
  com.codemonster.surinam.parser.XPath

public class XPath
extends Object

An XPath is a simplified way to work in different portions of an XML document. By creating them as objects, we can create and reuse them when it is worthwhile.

There a couple of rules that help define XPaths:

• Paths are always from the root node.
• Paths do not contain terminal nodes.

• Constructor Summary

  XPath()
  We have to allow for empty paths which map to a root-level path.

  XPath(String path)
  

  Method Summary

  String	getPath()
  List<String>	getPathSegments()
  Iterator<String>	iterator()
  void	setPath(String path)

  Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

  Constructor Detail

  XPath

  public XPath()

  We have to allow for empty paths which map to a root-level path.

  XPath

  public XPath(String path)

  Method Detail

  setPath

  public void setPath(String path)

  getPath

  public String getPath()

  Returns:

  Returns the local path string that is inside this object (prefixes are not included). For the full path, call toString().

  getPathSegments

  public List<String> getPathSegments()

  Returns:

  Returns a complete list of path segments, including all prefixes.

  iterator

  public Iterator<String> iterator()