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

import javax.xml.transform.SourceLocator;

import com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.utils.PrefixResolver;

Factory class for creating an XPath. Implementors of XPath derivatives will need to make a derived class of this.
@xsl.usageadvanced
/** * Factory class for creating an XPath. Implementors of XPath derivatives * will need to make a derived class of this. * @xsl.usage advanced */
public interface XPathFactory {
Create an XPath.
Params:
  • exprString – The XPath expression string.
  • locator – The location of the expression string, mainly for diagnostic purposes.
  • prefixResolver – This will be called in order to resolve prefixes to namespace URIs.
  • type – One of XPath.SELECT or XPath.MATCH.
Returns:an XPath ready for execution.
/** * Create an XPath. * * @param exprString The XPath expression string. * @param locator The location of the expression string, mainly for diagnostic * purposes. * @param prefixResolver This will be called in order to resolve prefixes * to namespace URIs. * @param type One of {@link com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.XPath#SELECT} or * {@link com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.XPath#MATCH}. * * @return an XPath ready for execution. */
XPath create(String exprString, SourceLocator locator, PrefixResolver prefixResolver, int type); }