Class XPathExpressionFactory

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionFactory

public abstract class XPathExpressionFactory
extends Object

Factory for compiled XPathExpressions, being aware of JAXP 1.3+ XPath functionality, and Jaxen. Mainly for internal use of the framework.

The goal of this class is to avoid runtime dependencies a specific XPath engine, simply using the best XPath implementation that is available. Prefers JAXP 1.3+ XPath implementations to Jaxen.

Since:

1.0.0

See Also:

• XPathExpression

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
XPathExpressionFactory()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static XPathExpression	createXPathExpression(String expression)	Create a compiled XPath expression using the given string.
static XPathExpression	createXPathExpression(String expression, @Nullable Map<String,String> namespaces)	Create a compiled XPath expression using the given string and namespaces.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

XPathExpressionFactory

public XPathExpressionFactory()

Method Details

createXPathExpression

public static XPathExpression createXPathExpression(String expression)
                                             throws IllegalStateException,
XPathParseException

Create a compiled XPath expression using the given string.

Parameters:

expression - the XPath expression

Returns:

the compiled XPath expression

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if neither JAXP 1.3+, or Jaxen are available

XPathParseException - if the given expression cannot be parsed

createXPathExpression

public static XPathExpression createXPathExpression(String expression,
 @Nullable Map<String,String> namespaces)
                                             throws IllegalStateException,
XPathParseException

Create a compiled XPath expression using the given string and namespaces. The namespace map should consist of string prefixes mapped to string namespaces.

Parameters:

expression - the XPath expression

namespaces - a map that binds string prefixes to string namespaces

Returns:

the compiled XPath expression

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if neither JAXP 1.3+, or Jaxen are available

XPathParseException - if the given expression cannot be parsed