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| package javax.xml.xpath; |
| |
| import javax.xml.namespace.QName; |
| import org.xml.sax.InputSource; |
| |
| /** |
| * An XPath expression. |
| * |
| * @author (a href='mailto:dog@gnu.org'>Chris Burdess</a) |
| * @since 1.3 |
| */ |
| public interface XPathExpression |
| { |
| |
| /** |
| * Evaluates this expression against the specified context. |
| * @param item the evaluation context |
| * @param returnType the desired return type |
| */ |
| Object evaluate(Object item, |
| QName returnType) |
| throws XPathExpressionException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Evaluates this expression against the specified context, returning the |
| * result as a string. |
| * @param item the evaluation context |
| */ |
| String evaluate(Object item) |
| throws XPathExpressionException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Evaluates this expression against the specified context. |
| * @param source the source to load the context from |
| * @param returnType the desired return type |
| */ |
| Object evaluate(InputSource source, |
| QName returnType) |
| throws XPathExpressionException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Evaluates this expression against the specified context, returning the |
| * result as a string. |
| * @param source the source to load the context from |
| */ |
| String evaluate(InputSource source) |
| throws XPathExpressionException; |
| |
| } |