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| Expr |
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| 1.0;1 |
| 1 | /* | |
| 2 | * $Header: /home/projects/jaxen/scm/jaxen/src/java/main/org/jaxen/expr/Expr.java,v 1.14 2006/11/30 18:49:26 elharo Exp $ | |
| 3 | * $Revision: 1.14 $ | |
| 4 | * $Date: 2006/11/30 18:49:26 $ | |
| 5 | * | |
| 6 | * ==================================================================== | |
| 7 | * | |
| 8 | * Copyright 2000-2002 bob mcwhirter & James Strachan. | |
| 9 | * All rights reserved. | |
| 10 | * | |
| 11 | * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without | |
| 12 | * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are | |
| 13 | * met: | |
| 14 | * | |
| 15 | * * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright | |
| 16 | * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. | |
| 17 | * | |
| 18 | * * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright | |
| 19 | * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the | |
| 20 | * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. | |
| 21 | * | |
| 22 | * * Neither the name of the Jaxen Project nor the names of its | |
| 23 | * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived | |
| 24 | * from this software without specific prior written permission. | |
| 25 | * | |
| 26 | * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS | |
| 27 | * IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED | |
| 28 | * TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A | |
| 29 | * PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER | |
| 30 | * OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, | |
| 31 | * EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, | |
| 32 | * PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR | |
| 33 | * PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF | |
| 34 | * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING | |
| 35 | * NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS | |
| 36 | * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. | |
| 37 | * | |
| 38 | * ==================================================================== | |
| 39 | * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many | |
| 40 | * individuals on behalf of the Jaxen Project and was originally | |
| 41 | * created by bob mcwhirter <bob@werken.com> and | |
| 42 | * James Strachan <jstrachan@apache.org>. For more information on the | |
| 43 | * Jaxen Project, please see <http://www.jaxen.org/>. | |
| 44 | * | |
| 45 | * $Id: Expr.java,v 1.14 2006/11/30 18:49:26 elharo Exp $ | |
| 46 | */ | |
| 47 | ||
| 48 | ||
| 49 | ||
| 50 | package org.jaxen.expr; | |
| 51 | ||
| 52 | import java.io.Serializable; | |
| 53 | import org.jaxen.Context; | |
| 54 | import org.jaxen.JaxenException; | |
| 55 | ||
| 56 | /** | |
| 57 | * Represents an XPath expression. This is production 14 in the | |
| 58 | * <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath#NT-Expr">XPath 1.0 specification</a>: | |
| 59 | * | |
| 60 | * <pre>[14] Expr ::= OrExpr</pre> | |
| 61 | * | |
| 62 | */ | |
| 63 | public interface Expr extends Serializable | |
| 64 | { | |
| 65 | ||
| 66 | ||
| 67 | /** | |
| 68 | * Returns a String containing the XPath expression. | |
| 69 | * | |
| 70 | * @return the text form of this XPath expression | |
| 71 | */ | |
| 72 | String getText(); | |
| 73 | ||
| 74 | /** | |
| 75 | * Simplifies the XPath expression. For example, the expression | |
| 76 | * <code>//para[1 = 1]</code> could be simplified to | |
| 77 | * <code>//para</code>. In practice, this is usually a noop. | |
| 78 | * Jaxen does not currently perform any simplification. | |
| 79 | * | |
| 80 | * @return the simplified expression | |
| 81 | */ | |
| 82 | Expr simplify(); | |
| 83 | ||
| 84 | ||
| 85 | /** | |
| 86 | * Evaluate the expression in the given context, and return the result. | |
| 87 | * The result will be a <code>java.lang.Double</code> for expressions that | |
| 88 | * return a number, a <code>java.lang.String</code> for expressions that | |
| 89 | * return a string, a <code>java.lang.Boolean</code> for expressions that | |
| 90 | * return a boolean, and a <code>java.util.List</code> for expressions that | |
| 91 | * return a node-set. In the latter case, the elements of the list are | |
| 92 | * the actual objects from the source document model. Copies are not made. | |
| 93 | * | |
| 94 | * @param context the context in which the expression is evaluated | |
| 95 | * @return an object representing the result of the evaluation | |
| 96 | * @throws JaxenException | |
| 97 | */ | |
| 98 | Object evaluate(Context context) throws JaxenException; | |
| 99 | ||
| 100 | } |