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| * |
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| * |
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| */ |
| /* |
| * $Id: XPathFactory.java 468655 2006-10-28 07:12:06Z minchau $ |
| */ |
| package org.apache.xpath; |
| |
| import javax.xml.transform.SourceLocator; |
| |
| import org.apache.xml.utils.PrefixResolver; |
| |
| /** |
| * 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. |
| * |
| * @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 org.apache.xpath.XPath#SELECT} or |
| * {@link org.apache.xpath.XPath#MATCH}. |
| * |
| * @return an XPath ready for execution. |
| */ |
| XPath create(String exprString, SourceLocator locator, |
| PrefixResolver prefixResolver, int type); |
| } |