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

Interface XmlSet

All Superinterfaces:

XmlSelector

All Known Implementing Classes:

XmlSetImpl

public interface XmlSet
extends XmlSelector

This is the interface for a set of XML nodes that is selected by combining a list of selectors with a specific conjunction.

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	XmlSet.Conjunction This enum contains the available conjunctions for an XmlSet.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
XmlSet.Conjunction	getConjunction() This method gets the conjunction used to combine the child-selectors of this XmlSet.
XmlSelector	getSelector(int index) This method gets the child-selector at the given index.
int	getSelectorCount() This method gets the number of child-selectors combined by this set.

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.mmm.util.xml.path.api.XmlSelector

getNamespaceContext, toString

Method Detail

getConjunction

XmlSet.Conjunction getConjunction()

This method gets the conjunction used to combine the child-selectors of this XmlSet.

Returns:

the conjunction.

getSelector

XmlSelector getSelector(int index)

This method gets the child-selector at the given index.

Parameters:

index - is the index of the requested selector. It has to be in the range from 0 to getSelectorCount()-1.

Returns:

the selector at the given index.

getSelectorCount

int getSelectorCount()

This method gets the number of child-selectors combined by this set.

Returns:

the number of child-selectors.

See Also:

getSelector(int)