org.apache.woden.internal.util.dom
Class XPathUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.woden.internal.util.dom.XPathUtils

public class XPathUtils
extends java.lang.Object

This class copied from WSDL4J. A XPathUtils ...

Author:

Matthew J. Duftler (duftler@us.ibm.com), Sanjiva Weerawarana (sanjiva@watson.ibm.com)

Constructor Summary

XPathUtils()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String

getXPathExprFromNode(org.w3c.dom.Node node) Generates an XPath expression that will return only the given node as its result.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XPathUtils

public XPathUtils()

Method Detail

getXPathExprFromNode

public static java.lang.String getXPathExprFromNode(org.w3c.dom.Node node)
                                             throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Generates an XPath expression that will return only the given node as its result. This method only works for element, text, document and PI nodes.

Parameters:

node - the node to generate an XPath expression for. This node must be an element node, a text node, a document node, or a processing instruction node.

Returns:

an XPath expression that will return only the given node as its result.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the given node is not an element, text, document or PI node.