Class XPathEvaluator

java.lang.Object
net.sf.saxon.sxpath.XPathEvaluator

public class XPathEvaluator extends Object
This is a cut-down version of the XPathEvaluator in the net.sf.saxon.xpath package. It provides much of the same functionality, but without any dependencies on the JAXP 1.3 interfaces, which are not available in JDK 1.4. The main restrictions are that it does not support mechanisms for defining variables or functions.
Author:
Michael H. Kay
  • Constructor Details

    • XPathEvaluator

      public XPathEvaluator()
      Default constructor. Creates an XPathEvaluator with a default configuration and name pool.
    • XPathEvaluator

      public XPathEvaluator(Configuration config)
      Construct an XPathEvaluator with a specified configuration.
      Parameters:
      config - the configuration to be used
  • Method Details

    • getConfiguration

      public Configuration getConfiguration()
      Get the Configuration in use
    • setStripSpace

      public void setStripSpace(boolean strip)
      Indicate whether all whitespace text nodes in the source document are to be removed.
      Parameters:
      strip - True if all whitespace text nodes are to be stripped from the source document, false otherwise. The default if the method is not called is false.
    • build

      public NodeInfo build(Source source) throws XPathException
      Build a source document.
      Parameters:
      source - a JAXP Source object. This may be any implementation of Source that Saxon recognizes: not only the standard kinds of source such as StreamSource, SAXSource, and DOMSource, but also for example a JDOM or XOM DocumentWrapper.
      Returns:
      the NodeInfo representing the root of the constructed tree.
      Throws:
      XPathException - if, for example, XML parsing fails.
    • setStaticContext

      public void setStaticContext(IndependentContext context)
      Set the static context for compiling XPath expressions. This provides control over the environment in which the expression is compiled, for example it allows namespace prefixes to be declared, variables to be bound and functions to be defined. For most purposes, the static context can be defined by providing and tailoring an instance of the IndependentContext class. Until this method is called, a default static context is used, in which no namespaces are defined other than the standard ones (xml, xslt, and saxon), and no variables or functions (other than the core XPath functions) are available.
    • getStaticContext

      public IndependentContext getStaticContext()
      Get the current static context. This will always return a value; if no static context has been supplied by the user, the system creates its own.
    • createExpression

      public XPathExpression createExpression(String expression) throws XPathException
      Prepare an XPath expression for subsequent evaluation.
      Parameters:
      expression - The XPath expression to be evaluated, supplied as a string.
      Returns:
      an XPathExpression object representing the prepared expression
      Throws:
      XPathException - if the syntax of the expression is wrong, or if it references namespaces, variables, or functions that have not been declared.
    • setNamespaceResolver

      public void setNamespaceResolver(NamespaceResolver namespaceContext)
      Set the external namespace resolver to be used. This overrides any namespaces declared directly using declareNamespace on the staticContext object
      Parameters:
      namespaceContext - The namespace context
    • getNamespaceResolver

      public NamespaceResolver getNamespaceResolver()
      Get the external namespace resolver, if one has been set using setNamespaceResolver(net.sf.saxon.om.NamespaceResolver)
      Returns:
      the namespace context if set, or null otherwise
    • setDefaultElementNamespace

      public void setDefaultElementNamespace(String uri)
      Set the default namespace for elements and types
      Parameters:
      uri - The namespace to be used to qualify unprefixed element names and type names appearing in the XPath expression.
    • main

      public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
      A simple command-line interface for the XPathEvaluator (not documented). First parameter is the filename containing the source document, second parameter is the XPath expression.
      Throws:
      Exception