com.novell.xml.xpath
Class AxisDescendantOrSelf

java.lang.Object
  com.novell.xml.xpath.Axis
      com.novell.xml.xpath.AxisElement
          com.novell.xml.xpath.AxisDescendant
              com.novell.xml.xpath.AxisDescendantOrSelf

All Implemented Interfaces:

ContextNodeList

public class AxisDescendantOrSelf

extends AxisDescendant

class representing XPath "descendant-or-self" axis

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class com.novell.xml.xpath.AxisDescendant

AxisDescendant.Mark

Nested classes inherited from class com.novell.xml.xpath.Axis

Axis.AxisMark

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.novell.xml.xpath.AxisDescendant

child

Fields inherited from class com.novell.xml.xpath.Axis

stripper

Fields inherited from interface com.novell.xml.xpath.ContextNodeList

DOCUMENT_ORDER, REVERSE_DOCUMENT_ORDER, UNKNOWN_ORDER

Constructor Summary

AxisDescendantOrSelf()

Method Summary

Node	first() Return the first member of the axis in axis-defined order.
Node	next() Return subsequent nodes in the axis.
String	toString() Provide a readable description of the axis for debugging.

Methods inherited from class com.novell.xml.xpath.AxisDescendant

done, getMark, returnToMark

Methods inherited from class com.novell.xml.xpath.AxisElement

principalNodeType

Methods inherited from class com.novell.xml.xpath.Axis

count, getContextNode, incPosition, init, order, position, setup, stripNode

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AxisDescendantOrSelf

public AxisDescendantOrSelf()

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Provide a readable description of the axis for debugging.

Overrides:

toString in class AxisDescendant

Returns:

String representation of the axis (the axis name)

first

public Node first()

Return the first member of the axis in axis-defined order. setup() must be called first

Specified by:

first in interface ContextNodeList

Overrides:

first in class AxisDescendant

Returns:

The first node in the axis, or null if the axis is empty.

next

public Node next()

Return subsequent nodes in the axis. first() must be called before next() to setup the context. The nodes are returned in axis dependent order.

Specified by:

next in interface ContextNodeList

Overrides:

next in class AxisDescendant

Returns:

The next node in the axis, or null if there are no more nodes in the axis.