LocationPath

All Superinterfaces:: Expr, Serializable

public interface LocationPath extends Expr

Represents an XPath location path such as //foo/bar or pre:baz[position()=last()]. This is production 1 in the XPath 1.0 specification:

[1]  LocationPath ::= RelativeLocationPath    
                   | AbsoluteLocationPath

Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

void

addStep(Step step)

Add the next step to this location path.

List

getSteps()

Returns the ordered list of steps in this location path.

boolean

isAbsolute()

Returns true if this is an absolute location path; false if it isn't.

Methods inherited from interface Expr
evaluate, getText, simplify

Method Details
- addStep
  
  void addStep(Step step)
  
  Add the next step to this location path.
  
  Parameters:
  
  step -
- getSteps
  
  List getSteps()
  
  Returns the ordered list of steps in this location path. This list may be live.
  
  Returns:
  
  the ordered list of steps in this location path
- isAbsolute
  
  boolean isAbsolute()
  
  Returns true if this is an absolute location path; false if it isn't. Absolute location paths all begiune with / or //.
  
  Returns:
  
  true if this is an absol;ute location path; false if it isn't