1 /*
2 * $Header: /home/projects/jaxen/scm/jaxen/src/java/main/org/jaxen/jdom/JDOMXPath.java,v 1.8 2006/06/03 20:30:27 elharo Exp $
3 * $Revision: 1.8 $
4 * $Date: 2006/06/03 20:30:27 $
5 *
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7 *
8 * Copyright 2000-2002 bob mcwhirter & James Strachan.
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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: JDOMXPath.java,v 1.8 2006/06/03 20:30:27 elharo Exp $
46 */
47
48
49 package org.jaxen.jdom;
50
51 import org.jaxen.BaseXPath;
52 import org.jaxen.JaxenException;
53
54 /*** An XPath implementation for the JDOM model
55 *
56 * <p>This is the main entry point for matching an XPath against a DOM
57 * tree. You create a compiled XPath object, then match it against
58 * one or more context nodes using the {@link #selectNodes(Object)}
59 * method, as in the following example:</p>
60 *
61 * <pre>
62 * Object jdomNode = ...; // Document, Element etc.
63 * XPath path = new JDOMXPath("a/b/c");
64 * List results = path.selectNodes(jdomNode);
65 * </pre>
66 *
67 * @see BaseXPath
68 * @see <a href="http://jdom.org/">The JDOM website</a>
69 *
70 * @author <a href="mailto:bob@werken.com">bob mcwhirter</a>
71 * @author <a href="mailto:jstachan@apache.org">James Strachan</a>
72 *
73 * @version $Revision: 1.8 $
74 */
75 public class JDOMXPath extends BaseXPath
76 {
77 /***
78 *
79 */
80 private static final long serialVersionUID = 6426091824802286928L;
81
82 /*** Construct given an XPath expression string.
83 *
84 * @param xpathExpr the XPath expression.
85 *
86 * @throws JaxenException if there is a syntax error while
87 * parsing the expression
88 */
89 public JDOMXPath(String xpathExpr) throws JaxenException
90 {
91 super( xpathExpr, DocumentNavigator.getInstance() );
92 }
93 }