java.lang.Object
- org.dom4j.xpath.DefaultXPath

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, NodeFilter, XPath
```
public class DefaultXPath
extends Object
implements XPath, NodeFilter, Serializable
```
Default implementation of XPathwhich uses the Jaxen project.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

DefaultXPath(String text)
Construct an XPath

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`booleanValueOf(Object context)`	Retrieve a boolean-value interpretation of this XPath expression when evaluated against a given context.
`Object`	`evaluate(Object context)`	`evaluate` evaluates an XPath expression and returns the result as an `Object`.
`protected Object`	`getCompareValue(Node node)`	DOCUMENT ME!
`org.jaxen.FunctionContext`	`getFunctionContext()`	DOCUMENT ME!
`org.jaxen.NamespaceContext`	`getNamespaceContext()`	DOCUMENT ME!
`String`	`getText()`	Retrieve the textual XPath string used to initialize this Object
`org.jaxen.VariableContext`	`getVariableContext()`	DOCUMENT ME!
`protected void`	`handleJaxenException(org.jaxen.JaxenException exception)`
`boolean`	`matches(Node node)`	`matches` returns true if the given node matches the XPath expression.
`Number`	`numberValueOf(Object context)`	`numberValueOf` evaluates an XPath expression and returns the numeric value of the XPath expression if the XPath expression results is a number, or null if the result is not a number.
`protected static org.jaxen.XPath`	`parse(String text)`
`protected void`	`removeDuplicates(List<Node> list, Map<Node,Object> sortValues)`	Removes items from the list which have duplicate values
`List<Node>`	`selectNodes(Object context)`	`selectNodes` performs this XPath expression on the given `Node`or `List`of `Node`s instances appending all the results together into a single list.
`List<Node>`	`selectNodes(Object context, XPath sortXPath)`	`selectNodes` evaluates the XPath expression on the given `Node`or `List`of `Node`s and returns the result as a `List` of `Node` s sorted by the sort XPath expression.
`List<Node>`	`selectNodes(Object context, XPath sortXPath, boolean distinct)`	`selectNodes` evaluates the XPath expression on the given `Node`or `List`of `Node`s and returns the result as a `List` of `Node` s sorted by the sort XPath expression.
`Object`	`selectObject(Object context)`	`selectObject` evaluates an XPath expression and returns the result as an `Object`.
`Node`	`selectSingleNode(Object context)`	`selectSingleNode` evaluates this XPath expression on the given `Node`or `List`of `Node`s and returns the result as a single `Node` instance.
`void`	`setFunctionContext(org.jaxen.FunctionContext functionContext)`	Sets the function context to be used when evaluating XPath expressions
`void`	`setNamespaceContext(org.jaxen.NamespaceContext namespaceContext)`	Sets the namespace context to be used when evaluating XPath expressions
`void`	`setNamespaceURIs(Map<String,String> map)`	Sets the current NamespaceContext from a Map where the keys are the String namespace prefixes and the values are the namespace URIs.
`protected void`	`setNSContext(Object context)`
`void`	`setVariableContext(org.jaxen.VariableContext variableContext)`	Sets the variable context to be used when evaluating XPath expressions
`void`	`sort(List<Node> list)`	`sort` sorts the given List of Nodes using this XPath expression as a `Comparator`.
`void`	`sort(List<Node> list, boolean distinct)`	`sort` sorts the given List of Nodes using this XPath expression as a `Comparator`and optionally removing duplicates.
`protected void`	`sort(List<Node> list, Map<Node,Object> sortValues)`	Sorts the list based on the sortValues for each node
`String`	`toString()`
`String`	`valueOf(Object context)`	`valueOf` evaluates this XPath expression and returns the textual representation of the results using the XPath string() function.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - DefaultXPath
```
public DefaultXPath(String text)
             throws InvalidXPathException
```
    Construct an XPath
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidXPathException - DOCUMENT ME!
- Method Detail
  - toString
```
public String toString()
```
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object
  - getText
```
public String getText()
```
    Retrieve the textual XPath string used to initialize this Object
    
    Specified by:
    
    getText in interface XPath
    
    Returns:
    
    The XPath string
  - getFunctionContext
```
public org.jaxen.FunctionContext getFunctionContext()
```
    Description copied from interface: XPath
    
    DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Specified by:
    
    getFunctionContext in interface XPath
    
    Returns:
    
    the current function context
  - setFunctionContext
```
public void setFunctionContext(org.jaxen.FunctionContext functionContext)
```
    Description copied from interface: XPath
    
    Sets the function context to be used when evaluating XPath expressions
    
    Specified by:
    
    setFunctionContext in interface XPath
    
    Parameters:
    
    functionContext - DOCUMENT ME!
  - getNamespaceContext
```
public org.jaxen.NamespaceContext getNamespaceContext()
```
    Description copied from interface: XPath
    
    DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Specified by:
    
    getNamespaceContext in interface XPath
    
    Returns:
    
    the current namespace context
  - setNamespaceURIs
```
public void setNamespaceURIs(Map<String,String> map)
```
    Description copied from interface: XPath
    Sets the current NamespaceContext from a Map where the keys are the String namespace prefixes and the values are the namespace URIs. For example:
    Map uris = new HashMap(); uris.put("SOAP-ENV", "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"); uris.put("m", "urn:xmethodsBabelFish"); XPath xpath = document .createXPath("SOAP-ENV:Envelope/SOAP-ENV:Body/m:BabelFish"); xpath.setNamespaceURIs(uris); Node babelfish = xpath.selectSingleNode(document);
    Specified by:
    
    setNamespaceURIs in interface XPath
    
    Parameters:
    
    map - the map containing the namespace mappings
  - setNamespaceContext
```
public void setNamespaceContext(org.jaxen.NamespaceContext namespaceContext)
```
    Description copied from interface: XPath
    
    Sets the namespace context to be used when evaluating XPath expressions
    
    Specified by:
    
    setNamespaceContext in interface XPath
    
    Parameters:
    
    namespaceContext - DOCUMENT ME!
  - getVariableContext
```
public org.jaxen.VariableContext getVariableContext()
```
    Description copied from interface: XPath
    
    DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Specified by:
    
    getVariableContext in interface XPath
    
    Returns:
    
    the current variable context
  - setVariableContext
```
public void setVariableContext(org.jaxen.VariableContext variableContext)
```
    Description copied from interface: XPath
    
    Sets the variable context to be used when evaluating XPath expressions
    
    Specified by:
    
    setVariableContext in interface XPath
    
    Parameters:
    
    variableContext - DOCUMENT ME!
  - evaluate
```
public Object evaluate(Object context)
```
    Description copied from interface: XPath
    
    evaluate evaluates an XPath expression and returns the result as an Object. The object returned can either be a List of Nodeinstances, a Nodeinstance, a String or a Numberinstance depending on the XPath expression.
    
    Specified by:
    
    evaluate in interface XPath
    
    Parameters:
    
    context - is either a node or a list of nodes on which to evalute the XPath
    
    Returns:
    
    the value of the XPath expression as a Listof Node instances, a Nodeinstance, a Stringor a Numberinstance depending on the XPath expression.
  - selectObject
```
public Object selectObject(Object context)
```
    Description copied from interface: XPath
    
    selectObject evaluates an XPath expression and returns the result as an Object. The object returned can either be a List of Nodeinstances, a Nodeinstance, a String or a Numberinstance depending on the XPath expression.
    
    Specified by:
    
    selectObject in interface XPath
    
    Parameters:
    
    context - is either a node or a list of nodes on which to evalute the XPath
    
    Returns:
    
    the value of the XPath expression as a Listof Node instances, a Nodeinstance, a Stringor a Numberinstance depending on the XPath expression.
  - selectNodes
```
public List<Node> selectNodes(Object context)
```
    Description copied from interface: XPath
    
    selectNodes performs this XPath expression on the given Nodeor Listof Nodes instances appending all the results together into a single list.
    
    Specified by:
    
    selectNodes in interface XPath
    
    Parameters:
    
    context - is either a node or a list of nodes on which to evalute the XPath
    
    Returns:
    
    the results of all the XPath evaluations as a single list
  - selectNodes
```
public List<Node> selectNodes(Object context,
                              XPath sortXPath)
```
    Description copied from interface: XPath
    
    selectNodes evaluates the XPath expression on the given Nodeor Listof Nodes and returns the result as a List of Node s sorted by the sort XPath expression.
    
    Specified by:
    
    selectNodes in interface XPath
    
    Parameters:
    
    context - is either a node or a list of nodes on which to evalute the XPath
    
    sortXPath - is the XPath expression to sort by
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of Node instances
  - selectNodes
```
public List<Node> selectNodes(Object context,
                              XPath sortXPath,
                              boolean distinct)
```
    Description copied from interface: XPath
    
    selectNodes evaluates the XPath expression on the given Nodeor Listof Nodes and returns the result as a List of Node s sorted by the sort XPath expression.
    
    Specified by:
    
    selectNodes in interface XPath
    
    Parameters:
    
    context - is either a node or a list of nodes on which to evalute the XPath
    
    sortXPath - is the XPath expression to sort by
    
    distinct - specifies whether or not duplicate values of the sort expression are allowed. If this parameter is true then only distinct sort expressions values are included in the result
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of Node instances
  - selectSingleNode
```
public Node selectSingleNode(Object context)
```
    Description copied from interface: XPath
    
    selectSingleNode evaluates this XPath expression on the given Nodeor Listof Nodes and returns the result as a single Node instance.
    
    Specified by:
    
    selectSingleNode in interface XPath
    
    Parameters:
    
    context - is either a node or a list of nodes on which to evalute the XPath
    
    Returns:
    
    a single matching Node instance
  - valueOf
```
public String valueOf(Object context)
```
    Description copied from interface: XPath
    
    valueOf evaluates this XPath expression and returns the textual representation of the results using the XPath string() function.
    
    Specified by:
    
    valueOf in interface XPath
    
    Parameters:
    
    context - is either a node or a list of nodes on which to evalute the XPath
    
    Returns:
    
    the string representation of the results of the XPath expression
  - numberValueOf
```
public Number numberValueOf(Object context)
```
    Description copied from interface: XPath
    
    numberValueOf evaluates an XPath expression and returns the numeric value of the XPath expression if the XPath expression results is a number, or null if the result is not a number.
    
    Specified by:
    
    numberValueOf in interface XPath
    
    Parameters:
    
    context - is either a node or a list of nodes on which to evalute the XPath
    
    Returns:
    
    the numeric result of the XPath expression or null if the result is not a number.
  - booleanValueOf
```
public boolean booleanValueOf(Object context)
```
    Description copied from interface: XPath
    
    Retrieve a boolean-value interpretation of this XPath expression when evaluated against a given context. The boolean-value of the expression is determined per the boolean(..) core function as defined in the XPath specification. This means that an expression that selects zero nodes will return false, while an expression that selects one-or-more nodes will return true.
    
    Specified by:
    
    booleanValueOf in interface XPath
    
    Parameters:
    
    context - The node, nodeset or Context object for evaluation. This value can be null
    
    Returns:
    
    The boolean-value interpretation of this expression.
  - sort
```
public void sort(List<Node> list)
```
    sort sorts the given List of Nodes using this XPath expression as a Comparator.
    
    Specified by:
    
    sort in interface XPath
    
    Parameters:
    
    list - is the list of Nodes to sort
  - sort
```
public void sort(List<Node> list,
                 boolean distinct)
```
    sort sorts the given List of Nodes using this XPath expression as a Comparatorand optionally removing duplicates.
    
    Specified by:
    
    sort in interface XPath
    
    Parameters:
    
    list - is the list of Nodes to sort
    
    distinct - if true then duplicate values (using the sortXPath for comparisions) will be removed from the List
  - matches
```
public boolean matches(Node node)
```
    Description copied from interface: XPath
    
    matches returns true if the given node matches the XPath expression. To be more precise when evaluating this XPath expression on the given node the result set must include the node.
    
    Specified by:
    
    matches in interface NodeFilter
    
    Specified by:
    
    matches in interface XPath
    
    Parameters:
    
    node - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the given node matches this XPath expression
  - sort
```
protected void sort(List<Node> list,
                    Map<Node,Object> sortValues)
```
    Sorts the list based on the sortValues for each node
    
    Parameters:
    
    list - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    sortValues - DOCUMENT ME!
  - removeDuplicates
```
protected void removeDuplicates(List<Node> list,
                                Map<Node,Object> sortValues)
```
    Removes items from the list which have duplicate values
    
    Parameters:
    
    list - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    sortValues - DOCUMENT ME!
  - getCompareValue
```
protected Object getCompareValue(Node node)
```
    DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Parameters:
    
    node - DOCUMENT ME!
    
    Returns:
    
    the node expression used for sorting comparisons
  - parse
```
protected static org.jaxen.XPath parse(String text)
```
  - setNSContext
```
protected void setNSContext(Object context)
```
  - handleJaxenException
```
protected void handleJaxenException(org.jaxen.JaxenException exception)
                             throws XPathException
```
    Throws:
    
    XPathException

Class DefaultXPath

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Constructor Detail

DefaultXPath

Method Detail

toString

getText

getFunctionContext

setFunctionContext

getNamespaceContext

setNamespaceURIs

setNamespaceContext

getVariableContext

setVariableContext

evaluate

selectObject

selectNodes

selectNodes

selectNodes

selectSingleNode

valueOf

numberValueOf

booleanValueOf

sort

sort

matches

sort

removeDuplicates

getCompareValue

parse

setNSContext

handleJaxenException