org.compass.core.xml
Interface XmlXPathExpression

All Known Implementing Classes:

Dom4jXmlXPathExpression, JDomXmlXPathExpression, XPathXmlXPathExpression

public interface XmlXPathExpression

A compiled representation of an xpath expression.

Author:

kimchy

Method Summary

XmlObject[]

select(XmlObject xmlObject) Executes the given compiled xpath expression against the given xml object.

Method Detail

select

XmlObject[] select(XmlObject xmlObject)
                   throws Exception

Executes the given compiled xpath expression against the given xml object.

Parameters:

xmlObject - The xml object to execute the compiled xpath expression against

Returns:

A list of xml objects matching the given compiled xpath expression

Throws:

Exception