org.apache.cocoon.components.xpath
Interface XPathProcessor

All Superinterfaces:

org.apache.avalon.framework.component.Component

All Known Implementing Classes:

XPathProcessorImpl

Deprecated. Use the org.apache.avalon.excalibur.xml.xpath.XPathProcessor instead.

public interface XPathProcessor

extends org.apache.avalon.framework.component.Component

This is the interface of the XPath processor in Cocoon.

Version:

CVS $Id: XPathProcessor.java,v 1.6 2002/03/13 16:28:02 cziegeler Exp $

Author:

Davanum Srinivas

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

ROLE Deprecated. The role implemented by an XSLTProcessor.

Method Summary

org.w3c.dom.NodeList	selectNodeList(org.w3c.dom.Node contextNode, java.lang.String str) Deprecated. Use an XPath string to select a nodelist.
org.w3c.dom.Node	selectSingleNode(org.w3c.dom.Node contextNode, java.lang.String str) Deprecated. Use an XPath string to select a single node.

Field Detail

ROLE

public static final java.lang.String ROLE

Deprecated.

The role implemented by an XSLTProcessor.

Method Detail

selectSingleNode

public org.w3c.dom.Node selectSingleNode(org.w3c.dom.Node contextNode,
                                         java.lang.String str)

Deprecated.

Use an XPath string to select a single node. XPath namespace prefixes are resolved from the context node, which may not be what you want (see the next method).

Parameters:

contextNode - The node to start searching from.

str - A valid XPath string.

Returns:

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

selectNodeList

public org.w3c.dom.NodeList selectNodeList(org.w3c.dom.Node contextNode,
                                           java.lang.String str)

Deprecated.

Use an XPath string to select a nodelist. XPath namespace prefixes are resolved from the contextNode.

Parameters:

contextNode - The node to start searching from.

str - A valid XPath string.

Returns:

A List, should never be null.