org.xmlfield.core.internal

Class XPathUtils

java.lang.Object

org.xmlfield.core.internal.XPathUtils

public class XPathUtils
extends Object

Xpath manipulation methods.

Author:

Nicolas Richeton , Guillaume Mary

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	TYPE_ATTRIBUTE
static int	TYPE_TAG
static int	TYPE_TAG_WITH_ATTRIBUTE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
XPathUtils()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	getElementName(String xPath) Return element name without any selector.
static String	getElementNameWithSelector(String xPath)
static int	getElementPosition(String xPath) Return element position if it exist.
static String	getElementPrefix(String xPath) Retrieve the element prefix
static Map<String,String>	getElementSelectorAttributes(String xPath) Returns the selector attributes of this XPath
static int	getElementType(String xPath) Returns the type of the element described by this xPath query.
static String	getElementXPath(String fieldXPath) Retrieve the xpath element from the specified xpath.
static boolean	isAttributeXPath(String fieldXPath) Retrieve the xpath element from the specified xpath.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

TYPE_ATTRIBUTE

public static final int TYPE_ATTRIBUTE

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Constant Field Values

TYPE_TAG

public static final int TYPE_TAG

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Constant Field Values

TYPE_TAG_WITH_ATTRIBUTE

public static final int TYPE_TAG_WITH_ATTRIBUTE

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

XPathUtils

public XPathUtils()

Method Detail

getElementName

public static String getElementName(String xPath)

Return element name without any selector.

Attribute names are returned with a starting '@'

Parameters:

xPath - the XPath query

Returns:

element name

getElementNameWithSelector

public static String getElementNameWithSelector(String xPath)

getElementPosition

public static int getElementPosition(String xPath)

Return element position if it exist.

Parameters:

xPath - the XPath query

Returns:

element position

getElementPrefix

public static String getElementPrefix(String xPath)

Retrieve the element prefix

Parameters:

xPath - the XPath query

Returns:

element prefix

getElementSelectorAttributes

public static Map<String,String> getElementSelectorAttributes(String xPath)

Returns the selector attributes of this XPath

Parameters:

xPath - XPath

Returns:

attributes map

getElementType

public static int getElementType(String xPath)

Returns the type of the element described by this xPath query. See the following examples :

• /parent/tagname => TYPE_TAG
• /parent/@attrname => TYPE_ATTRIBUTE
• /parent/tagname[@attrname=attrvalue] => TYPE_TAG_WITH_ATTRIBUTE

Parameters:

xPath - the XPath query

Returns:

TYPE_TAG, TYPE_TAG_WITH_ATTRIBUTE, TYPE_ATTRIBUTE

See Also:

XMLFieldUtils#getElementSelectorAttributes(String), getElementName, getElementNameWithSelector(String)

getElementXPath

public static String getElementXPath(String fieldXPath)

Retrieve the xpath element from the specified xpath.

Parameters:

fieldXPath - xpath mapped to a field

Returns:

xpath element

isAttributeXPath

public static boolean isAttributeXPath(String fieldXPath)

Retrieve the xpath element from the specified xpath.

Parameters:

fieldXPath - xpath mapped to a field

Returns:

xpath element