org.custommonkey.xmlunit

Interface XpathEngine

All Known Implementing Classes:

Jaxp13XpathEngine, SimpleXpathEngine

public interface XpathEngine

Abstraction of an engine evaluating XPath expressions.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	evaluate(java.lang.String select, org.w3c.dom.Document document) Evaluate the result of executing the specified xpath syntax select expression on the specified document
org.w3c.dom.NodeList	getMatchingNodes(java.lang.String select, org.w3c.dom.Document document) Execute the specified xpath syntax select expression on the specified document and return the list of nodes (could have length zero) that match
void	setNamespaceContext(NamespaceContext ctx) Establish a namespace context.

Method Detail

getMatchingNodes

org.w3c.dom.NodeList getMatchingNodes(java.lang.String select,
                                    org.w3c.dom.Document document)
                                      throws XpathException

Execute the specified xpath syntax select expression on the specified document and return the list of nodes (could have length zero) that match

Parameters:

select -

document -

Returns:

list of matching nodes

Throws:

XpathException

evaluate

java.lang.String evaluate(java.lang.String select,
                        org.w3c.dom.Document document)
                          throws XpathException

Evaluate the result of executing the specified xpath syntax select expression on the specified document

Parameters:

select -

document -

Returns:

evaluated result

Throws:

XpathException

setNamespaceContext

void setNamespaceContext(NamespaceContext ctx)

Establish a namespace context.