net.sf.mmm.util.xml.path.api

Interface XPathParser

public interface XPathParser

This is the interface for a parser of XPath expressions.
See XML Path Language (XPath).

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
XmlSelector	parseXPath(String xpath) This method parses the given xpath expression.

Method Detail

parseXPath

XmlSelector parseXPath(String xpath)
                throws XmlParseException

This method parses the given xpath expression.

Parameters:

xpath - is the XPath expression as string.

Returns:

the parsed xpath expression.

Throws:

XmlParseException - if the given xpath expression is illegal.