1 /*
2 * $Header: /home/projects/jaxen/scm/jaxen/src/java/main/org/jaxen/xom/XOMXPath.java,v 1.6 2006/06/03 20:27:59 elharo Exp $
3 * $Revision: 1.6 $
4 * $Date: 2006/06/03 20:27:59 $
5 *
6 * ====================================================================
7 *
8 * Copyright 2000-2003 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: XOMXPath.java,v 1.6 2006/06/03 20:27:59 elharo Exp $
46 */
47
48
49 package org.jaxen.xom;
50
51 import org.jaxen.BaseXPath;
52 import org.jaxen.JaxenException;
53
54 /*** An XPath implementation for the XOM 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 xomNode = ...; // Document, Element etc.
63 * XPath path = new XOMXPath("a/b/c");
64 * List results = path.selectNodes(xomNode);
65 * </pre>
66 *
67 * @see BaseXPath
68 * @see <a href="http://www.xom.nu/">The XOM website</a>
69 *
70 * @version $Revision: 1.6 $
71 */
72 public class XOMXPath extends BaseXPath
73 {
74 /***
75 *
76 */
77 private static final long serialVersionUID = -5332108546921857671L;
78
79 /*** Construct given an XPath expression string.
80 *
81 * @param xpathExpr the XPath expression.
82 *
83 * @throws JaxenException if there is a syntax error while
84 * parsing the expression
85 */
86 public XOMXPath(String xpathExpr) throws JaxenException
87 {
88 super( xpathExpr, new DocumentNavigator());
89 }
90 }