com.xmlmind.xml.xpointer

Interface SimpleXPointerScheme

All Known Implementing Classes:

ElementScheme, LinkXPointerScheme, XPointerScheme

public interface SimpleXPointerScheme

Interface implemented by all XPointer schemes.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Name[]	getSchemeNames() Returns one or more names for this scheme.
SimpleXPointer	parseXPointer(Name schemeName, String schemeData, PrefixToNamespace prefixToNS) Parses xpointer having specified scheme name and specified scheme data.

Method Detail

getSchemeNames

Name[] getSchemeNames()

Returns one or more names for this scheme.

parseXPointer

SimpleXPointer parseXPointer(Name schemeName,
                             String schemeData,
                             PrefixToNamespace prefixToNS)
                      throws XPointerException

Parses xpointer having specified scheme name and specified scheme data.

Parameters:

schemeName - the name of the scheme. It's one of the names returned by getSchemeNames().

schemeData - the scheme data to be parsed

prefixToNS - maps prefixes to the corresponding namespaces

Returns:

parsed xpointer or null if the specification cannot be parsed.

Throws:

XPointerException - if the specification cannot be parsed.

Note that the implementation may choose to return null rather than raise an exception.