com.xmlmind.xml.sxpath

Class ElementMatcher

java.lang.Object

com.xmlmind.xml.sxpath.ElementMatcher

public final class ElementMatcher
extends Object

Utility class designed to quickly match an element with an ordered list of XPaths. Optimized for very simple XPaths which consist in a single element name (example: pre|script, counterexample: div/pre).

See Also:

XPath, AttributeMatcher

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
XPath[]	xpaths The XPaths used to match elements.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ElementMatcher(XPath[] xpaths) Constructs a matcher which can be used to match an element with specified XPaths.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	match(Element element) Matches specified element with an ordered list of XPaths.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

xpaths

public final XPath[] xpaths

The XPaths used to match elements.

Constructor Detail

ElementMatcher

public ElementMatcher(XPath[] xpaths)

Constructs a matcher which can be used to match an element with specified XPaths.

Method Detail

match

public boolean match(Element element)

Matches specified element with an ordered list of XPaths.

Parameters:

element - element that is to be matched

Returns:

true if element matches; false otherwise