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package com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal;

import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

A class that implements this interface can tell if a given element should strip whitespace nodes from it's children.
/** * A class that implements this interface can tell if a given element should * strip whitespace nodes from it's children. */
public interface WhitespaceStrippingElementMatcher {
Get information about whether or not an element should strip whitespace.
Params:
  • support – The XPath runtime state.
  • targetElement – Element to check
Throws:
See Also:
Returns:true if the whitespace should be stripped.
/** * Get information about whether or not an element should strip whitespace. * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#strip">strip in XSLT Specification</a> * * @param support The XPath runtime state. * @param targetElement Element to check * * @return true if the whitespace should be stripped. * * @throws TransformerException */
public boolean shouldStripWhiteSpace( XPathContext support, Element targetElement) throws TransformerException;
Get information about whether or not whitespace can be stripped.
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Returns:true if the whitespace can be stripped.
/** * Get information about whether or not whitespace can be stripped. * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#strip">strip in XSLT Specification</a> * * @return true if the whitespace can be stripped. */
public boolean canStripWhiteSpace(); }