org.springframework.xml.xpath

Class XPathExpressionFactoryBean

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionFactoryBean

All Implemented Interfaces:

FactoryBean<XPathExpression>, InitializingBean

public class XPathExpressionFactoryBean
extends Object
implements FactoryBean<XPathExpression>, InitializingBean

Spring FactoryBean for XPathExpression object. Facilitates injection of XPath expressions into endpoint beans.

Uses XPathExpressionFactory underneath, so support is provided for JAXP 1.3, and Jaxen XPaths.

Since:

1.0.0

Author:

Arjen Poutsma

See Also:

setExpression(String)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
XPathExpressionFactoryBean()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	afterPropertiesSet()
XPathExpression	getObject()
Class<? extends XPathExpression>	getObjectType()
boolean	isSingleton()
void	setExpression(String expression) Sets the XPath expression.
void	setNamespaces(Map<String,String> namespaces) Sets the namespaces for the expressions.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

XPathExpressionFactoryBean

public XPathExpressionFactoryBean()

Method Detail

setExpression

public void setExpression(String expression)

Sets the XPath expression. Setting this property is required.

setNamespaces

public void setNamespaces(Map<String,String> namespaces)

Sets the namespaces for the expressions. The given properties binds string prefixes to string namespaces.

afterPropertiesSet

public void afterPropertiesSet()
                        throws IllegalStateException,
                               XPathParseException

Specified by:

afterPropertiesSet in interface InitializingBean

Throws:

IllegalStateException

XPathParseException

getObject

public XPathExpression getObject()
                          throws Exception

Specified by:

getObject in interface FactoryBean<XPathExpression>

Throws:

Exception

getObjectType

public Class<? extends XPathExpression> getObjectType()

Specified by:

getObjectType in interface FactoryBean<XPathExpression>

isSingleton

public boolean isSingleton()

Specified by:

isSingleton in interface FactoryBean<XPathExpression>