Package com.sun.identity.shared.xml

Class XPathAPI

java.lang.Object

com.sun.identity.shared.xml.XPathAPI

public class XPathAPI
extends Object

XPathAPI class provides the convenience function for XPath API that is a subset of Xalan XPathAPI but uses JAXP internally.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static NodeList	selectNodeList(Node doc, String str)	Use an XPath string to select a nodelist.
static NodeList	selectNodeList(Node doc, String str, NamespaceContext nsctx)	Use an XPath string to select a nodelist Namespace prefix is resolved using the the specified context.
static NodeList	selectNodeList(Node doc, String str, Node nsNode)	Use an XPath string to select a nodelist using a node namespace.
static Node	selectSingleNode(Node doc, String str)	Use an XPath string to select a single node.
static Node	selectSingleNode(Node doc, String str, NamespaceContext nsctx)	Use an XPath string to select a single node using a passed in namespace context.
static Node	selectSingleNode(Node doc, String str, Node nsNode)	Use an XPath string to select a single node using a provided element namespace.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

selectSingleNode

public static Node selectSingleNode(Node doc,
                                    String str)
                             throws XPathException

Use an XPath string to select a single node. Namespace prefix is resolved using the document node.

Parameters:

doc - The node to start searching from with the embedded context.

str - XPath string.

Returns:

The first node found that matches the XPath, or null.

Throws:

XPathException

selectSingleNode

public static Node selectSingleNode(Node doc,
                                    String str,
                                    Node nsNode)
                             throws XPathException

Use an XPath string to select a single node using a provided element namespace.

Parameters:

doc - The node to start searching from.

str - XPath string.

nsNode - Node where namespace prefix in XPath is resolved from.

Returns:

The first node found that matches the XPath, or null.

Throws:

XPathException

selectSingleNode

public static Node selectSingleNode(Node doc,
                                    String str,
                                    NamespaceContext nsctx)
                             throws XPathException

Use an XPath string to select a single node using a passed in namespace context.

Parameters:

doc - The node to start searching from.

str - XPath string.

nsctx - Namespace where the prefix in XPath is resolved from.

Returns:

The first node found that matches the XPath, or null.

Throws:

XPathException

selectNodeList

public static NodeList selectNodeList(Node doc,
                                      String str)
                               throws XPathException

Use an XPath string to select a nodelist. Namespace prefix is resolved using the document node.

Parameters:

doc - The node to start searching from.

str - XPath string.

Returns:

a NodeList of the matched result.

Throws:

XPathException

selectNodeList

public static NodeList selectNodeList(Node doc,
                                      String str,
                                      Node nsNode)
                               throws XPathException

Use an XPath string to select a nodelist using a node namespace.

Parameters:

doc - The node to start searching from.

str - XPath string.

nsNode - Node where namespace prefix in XPath is resolved from.

Returns:

a NodeList of the matched result.

Throws:

XPathException

selectNodeList

public static NodeList selectNodeList(Node doc,
                                      String str,
                                      NamespaceContext nsctx)
                               throws XPathException

Use an XPath string to select a nodelist Namespace prefix is resolved using the the specified context.

Parameters:

doc - The node to start searching from.

str - XPath string.

nsctx - Namespace where the prefix in XPath is resolved from.

Returns:

a NodeList.

Throws:

XPathException