com.novell.xml.xpath
Class NodeType

java.lang.Object
  com.novell.xml.xpath.NodeType

All Implemented Interfaces:

NodeTest

Direct Known Subclasses:

NodeTypePI

public class NodeType

extends Object

implements NodeTest

Class that represents a NodeType NodeTest in an XPath expression.

See Also:

NodeTypePI

Constructor Summary

protected	NodeType(int type)
	NodeType(NodeTypeToken token) Construct a NodeType object based on the lexical token

Method Summary

boolean	evaluate(Node node) Evaluate the NodeTest with respect to the expression context
int	getNodeType() Return type of NodeType (comment, node, pi, text)
String	toString() Provide a readable description for debugging.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NodeType

public NodeType(NodeTypeToken token)

Construct a NodeType object based on the lexical token

Parameters:

token - Node type token

NodeType

protected NodeType(int type)

Method Detail

getNodeType

public int getNodeType()

Return type of NodeType (comment, node, pi, text)

Returns:

NodeTypeToken.COMMENT, NodeTypeToken.NODE, NodeTypeToken.PI, or NodeTypeToken.TEXT

toString

public String toString()

Provide a readable description for debugging.

Returns:

String representation

evaluate

public boolean evaluate(Node node)

Evaluate the NodeTest with respect to the expression context

Specified by:

evaluate in interface NodeTest

Parameters:

node - node to evaluate

Returns:

true if context Node is matched by NodeTest, false otherwise