org.apache.xpath.objects
Class XNodeSet

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.apache.xpath.Expression
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        +--org.apache.xpath.objects.XObject
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              +--org.apache.xpath.objects.XNodeSet

public class XNodeSet
extends XObject

This class represents an XPath nodeset object, and is capable of converting the nodeset to other types, such as a string.

See Also:
Serialized Form

Fields inherited from class org.apache.xpath.objects.XObject
CLASS_BOOLEAN, CLASS_NODESET, CLASS_NULL, CLASS_NUMBER, CLASS_RTREEFRAG, CLASS_STRING, CLASS_UNKNOWN, CLASS_UNRESOLVEDVARIABLE
 
Constructor Summary
XNodeSet()
          Construct an empty XNodeSet object.
XNodeSet(Node n)
          Construct a XNodeSet object for one node.
XNodeSet(NodeIterator val)
          Construct a XNodeSet object.
 
Method Summary
 boolean bool()
          Cast result object to a boolean.
 boolean compare(XObject obj2, org.apache.xpath.objects.Comparator comparator)
          Tell if one object is less than the other.
 boolean equals(XObject obj2)
          Tell if two objects are functionally equal.
static double getNumberFromNode(Node n)
          Get numeric value of the string conversion from a single node.
static java.lang.String getStringFromNode(Node n)
          Get the string conversion from a single node.
 int getType()
          Tell that this is a CLASS_NODESET.
 java.lang.String getTypeString()
          Given a request type, return the equivalent string.
 boolean greaterThan(XObject obj2)
          Tell if one object is less than the other.
 boolean greaterThanOrEqual(XObject obj2)
          Tell if one object is less than the other.
 boolean lessThan(XObject obj2)
          Tell if one object is less than the other.
 boolean lessThanOrEqual(XObject obj2)
          Tell if one object is less than or equal to the other.
 NodeSet mutableNodeset()
          Cast result object to a mutableNodeset.
 NodeIterator nodeset()
          Cast result object to a nodelist.
 boolean notEquals(XObject obj2)
          Tell if two objects are functionally not equal.
 double num()
          Cast result object to a number.
 DocumentFragment rtree(XPathContext support)
          Cast result object to a result tree fragment.
 java.lang.String str()
          Cast result object to a string.
 
Methods inherited from class org.apache.xpath.objects.XObject
castToType, create, execute, object, rtree, toString
 
Methods inherited from class org.apache.xpath.Expression
assert, canTraverseOutsideSubtree, error, setSourceLocator, warn
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

XNodeSet

public XNodeSet(NodeIterator val)
Construct a XNodeSet object.
Parameters:
val - Value of the XNodeSet object

XNodeSet

public XNodeSet()
Construct an empty XNodeSet object.

XNodeSet

public XNodeSet(Node n)
Construct a XNodeSet object for one node.
Parameters:
n - Node to add to the new XNodeSet object
Method Detail

getType

public int getType()
Tell that this is a CLASS_NODESET.
Returns:
type CLASS_NODESET
Overrides:
getType in class XObject

getTypeString

public java.lang.String getTypeString()
Given a request type, return the equivalent string. For diagnostic purposes.
Returns:
type string "#NODESET"
Overrides:
getTypeString in class XObject

getNumberFromNode

public static double getNumberFromNode(Node n)
Get numeric value of the string conversion from a single node.
Parameters:
n - Node to convert
Returns:
numeric value of the string conversion from a single node.

num

public double num()
Cast result object to a number.
Returns:
numeric value of the string conversion from the next node in the NodeSet, or NAN if no node was found
Overrides:
num in class XObject

bool

public boolean bool()
Cast result object to a boolean.
Returns:
True if there is a next node in the nodeset
Overrides:
bool in class XObject

getStringFromNode

public static java.lang.String getStringFromNode(Node n)
Get the string conversion from a single node.
Parameters:
n - Node to convert
Returns:
the string conversion from a single node.

str

public java.lang.String str()
Cast result object to a string.
Returns:
the string conversion from the next node in the nodeset or "" if there is no next node
Overrides:
str in class XObject

rtree

public DocumentFragment rtree(XPathContext support)
Cast result object to a result tree fragment.
Parameters:
support - The XPath context to use for the conversion
Returns:
the nodeset as a result tree fragment.
Overrides:
rtree in class XObject

nodeset

public NodeIterator nodeset()
Cast result object to a nodelist.
Returns:
The nodeset as a nodelist
Overrides:
nodeset in class XObject

mutableNodeset

public NodeSet mutableNodeset()
Cast result object to a mutableNodeset.
Returns:
The nodeset as a mutableNodeset
Overrides:
mutableNodeset in class XObject

compare

public boolean compare(XObject obj2,
                       org.apache.xpath.objects.Comparator comparator)
                throws TransformerException
Tell if one object is less than the other.
Parameters:
obj2 - Object to compare this nodeset to
comparator - Comparator to use
Returns:
See the comments below for each object type comparison
Throws:
TransformerException -  

lessThan

public boolean lessThan(XObject obj2)
                 throws TransformerException
Tell if one object is less than the other.
Parameters:
obj2 - object to compare this nodeset to
Returns:
see this.compare(...)
Throws:
TransformerException -  
Overrides:
lessThan in class XObject

lessThanOrEqual

public boolean lessThanOrEqual(XObject obj2)
                        throws TransformerException
Tell if one object is less than or equal to the other.
Parameters:
obj2 - object to compare this nodeset to
Returns:
see this.compare(...)
Throws:
TransformerException -  
Overrides:
lessThanOrEqual in class XObject

greaterThan

public boolean greaterThan(XObject obj2)
                    throws TransformerException
Tell if one object is less than the other.
Parameters:
obj2 - object to compare this nodeset to
Returns:
see this.compare(...)
Throws:
TransformerException -  
Overrides:
greaterThan in class XObject

greaterThanOrEqual

public boolean greaterThanOrEqual(XObject obj2)
                           throws TransformerException
Tell if one object is less than the other.
Parameters:
obj2 - object to compare this nodeset to
Returns:
see this.compare(...)
Throws:
TransformerException -  
Overrides:
greaterThanOrEqual in class XObject

equals

public boolean equals(XObject obj2)
               throws TransformerException
Tell if two objects are functionally equal.
Parameters:
obj2 - object to compare this nodeset to
Returns:
see this.compare(...)
Throws:
TransformerException -  
Overrides:
equals in class XObject

notEquals

public boolean notEquals(XObject obj2)
                  throws TransformerException
Tell if two objects are functionally not equal.
Parameters:
obj2 - object to compare this nodeset to
Returns:
see this.compare(...)
Throws:
TransformerException -  
Overrides:
notEquals in class XObject


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