locationpath.java

XML的解析、编译、查询等技术的JAVA源代码。

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package org.jaxen.expr;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Represents an XPath location path such as <code>//foo/bar</code>
 * or <code>pre:baz[position()=last()]</code>.
 * This is production 1 in the 
 * <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath#NT-LocationPath">XPath 1.0 specification</a>:
 * 
 * <pre>[1]  LocationPath ::= RelativeLocationPath    
 *                    | AbsoluteLocationPath</pre>
 * 
 */
public interface LocationPath extends Expr
{
    
    /**
     * Add the next step to this location path.
     * 
     * @param step
     */
    void addStep(Step step);

    /**
     * Returns the ordered list of steps in this location path.
     * This list may be live.
     * 
     * @return the ordered list of steps in this location path
     */
    List getSteps();
    
    /**
     * Returns true if this is an absolute location path; false if it isn't. 
     * Absolute location paths all begiune with <code>/</code> 
     * or <code>//</code>.
     * 
     * @return true if this is an absol;ute location path; false if it isn't
     */
    boolean isAbsolute();
}