org.apache.xpath
Interface XPathFactory

public interface XPathFactory

Factory class for creating an XPath. Implementors of XPath derivatives will need to make a derived class of this.

Method Summary

XPath

create(String exprString, javax.xml.transform.SourceLocator locator, PrefixResolver prefixResolver, int type) Create an XPath.

Method Detail

create

public XPath create(String exprString,
                    javax.xml.transform.SourceLocator locator,
                    PrefixResolver prefixResolver,
                    int type)

Create an XPath.

Parameters:

exprString - The XPath expression string.

locator - The location of the expression string, mainly for diagnostic purposes.

prefixResolver - This will be called in order to resolve prefixes to namespace URIs.

type - One of XPath.SELECT or XPath.MATCH.

Returns:

an XPath ready for execution.