org.springframework.xml.xpath
Class XPathExpressionFactoryBean

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionFactoryBean

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean, org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean

public class XPathExpressionFactoryBean
extends java.lang.Object
implements org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean, org.springframework.beans.factory.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

XPathExpressionFactoryBean()

Method Summary

void	afterPropertiesSet()
java.lang.Object	getObject()
java.lang.Class	getObjectType()
boolean	isSingleton()
void	setExpression(java.lang.String expression) Sets the XPath expression.
void	setNamespaces(java.util.Properties 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(java.lang.String expression)

Sets the XPath expression. Setting this property is required.

setNamespaces

public void setNamespaces(java.util.Properties namespaces)

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

afterPropertiesSet

public void afterPropertiesSet()
                        throws java.lang.IllegalStateException,
                               XPathParseException

Specified by:

afterPropertiesSet in interface org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalStateException

XPathParseException

getObject

public java.lang.Object getObject()
                           throws java.lang.Exception

Specified by:

getObject in interface org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

getObjectType

public java.lang.Class getObjectType()

Specified by:

getObjectType in interface org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean

isSingleton

public boolean isSingleton()

Specified by:

isSingleton in interface org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean