org.apache.xpath.patterns
Class UnionPattern

java.lang.Object
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        +--org.apache.xpath.patterns.UnionPattern

public class UnionPattern

extends Expression

**For advanced use only** This class represents a union pattern, which can have multiple individual StepPattern patterns.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

UnionPattern()

Method Summary

boolean	canTraverseOutsideSubtree() Tell if this expression or it's subexpressions can traverse outside the current subtree.
XObject	execute(XPathContext xctxt) Test a node to see if it matches any of the patterns in the union.
StepPattern[]	getPatterns() Get the contained step patterns to be tested.
void	setPatterns(StepPattern[] patterns) Set the contained step patterns to be tested.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.xpath.Expression

assert, error, setSourceLocator, warn

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

UnionPattern

public UnionPattern()

Method Detail

canTraverseOutsideSubtree

public boolean canTraverseOutsideSubtree()

Tell if this expression or it's subexpressions can traverse outside the current subtree.

Returns:

true if traversal outside the context node's subtree can occur.

Overrides:

canTraverseOutsideSubtree in class Expression

setPatterns

public void setPatterns(StepPattern[] patterns)

Set the contained step patterns to be tested.

Parameters:

patterns - the contained step patterns to be tested.

getPatterns

public StepPattern[] getPatterns()

Get the contained step patterns to be tested.

Returns:

an array of the contained step patterns to be tested.

execute

public XObject execute(XPathContext xctxt)
                throws TransformerException

Test a node to see if it matches any of the patterns in the union.

Parameters:

xctxt - XPath runtime context.

Returns:

NodeTest.SCORE_NODETEST, NodeTest.SCORE_NONE, NodeTest.SCORE_NSWILD, NodeTest.SCORE_QNAME, or NodeTest.SCORE_OTHER.

Throws:

TransformerException -

Overrides:

execute in class Expression