Package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.xpath

Interface XPathRuleQuery

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractXPathRuleQuery, JaxenXPathRuleQuery, SaxonXPathRuleQuery

public interface XPathRuleQuery

This interface captures the logic needed by XPathRule to implement an XPath based query on an AST Node.

Implementations of this class do not need to be thread-safe, but they will be reused to query against different AST Nodes. Therefore, internal state should be maintained in a fashion consistent with reuse. Further, implementations are recommended to manage internal state that is invariant over AST Nodes in a fashion which facilities high performance (e.g. caching).

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	XPATH_1_0	XPath 1.0 version.
static String	XPATH_1_0_COMPATIBILITY	XPath 1.0 compatibility version.
static String	XPATH_2_0	XPath 2.0 version.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
List<Node>	evaluate(Node node, RuleContext data)	Evaluate the XPath query against the given Node.
List<String>	getRuleChainVisits()	Indicates which AST Nodes (if any) should be used with the RuleChain.
void	setProperties(Map<PropertyDescriptor<?>,Object> properties)	Set the properties to use during the XPath query.
void	setVersion(String version)	Set the XPath version to be used.
void	setXPath(String xpath)	Set the XPath query string to be used.

Field Detail

XPATH_1_0

static final String XPATH_1_0

XPath 1.0 version.

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Constant Field Values

XPATH_1_0_COMPATIBILITY

static final String XPATH_1_0_COMPATIBILITY

XPath 1.0 compatibility version.

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Constant Field Values

XPATH_2_0

static final String XPATH_2_0

XPath 2.0 version.

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

setXPath

void setXPath(String xpath)

Set the XPath query string to be used.

Parameters:

xpath - The XPath query string.

setVersion

void setVersion(String version)
         throws UnsupportedOperationException

Set the XPath version to be used.

Parameters:

version - The XPath version.

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException - if the version cannot be handled.

setProperties

void setProperties(Map<PropertyDescriptor<?>,Object> properties)

Set the properties to use during the XPath query.

getRuleChainVisits

List<String> getRuleChainVisits()

Indicates which AST Nodes (if any) should be used with the RuleChain. Use of the RuleChain will allow the query execute on a targed sub-tree of the AST, instead of the entire AST from the root. This can result in great performance benefits.

evaluate

List<Node> evaluate(Node node,
                    RuleContext data)

Evaluate the XPath query against the given Node.

Parameters:

node - The Node.

data - The RuleContext.

Returns:

The matching Nodes.