1 /*
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45 * $Id: PathExpr.java,v 1.9 2007/05/02 14:26:41 elharo Exp $
46 */
47
48
49
50 package org.jaxen.expr;
51
52 /***
53 * Represents an XPath path expression.
54 * This is production 19 in the
55 * <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath#NT-PathExpr">XPath 1.0 specification</a>:
56 *
57 * <pre>[19] PathExpr ::= LocationPath
58 * | FilterExpr
59 * | FilterExpr '/' RelativeLocationPath
60 * | FilterExpr '//' RelativeLocationPath </pre>
61 *
62 */
63 public interface PathExpr extends Expr
64 {
65
66 /***
67 * Returns the filter expression that starts the path expression.
68 *
69 * @return the filter expression that starts the path expression
70 */
71 Expr getFilterExpr();
72
73
74 /***
75 * Changes the expression's filter expression.
76 *
77 * @param filterExpr the new filter expression
78 */
79 void setFilterExpr(Expr filterExpr);
80
81 /***
82 * Returns the location path part of this path expression.
83 *
84 * @return the location path part of this expression
85 */
86 LocationPath getLocationPath();
87
88 }