Package com.ibm.wsdl.util.xml

Class XPathUtils

java.lang.Object

com.ibm.wsdl.util.xml.XPathUtils

public class XPathUtils
extends Object

A XPathUtils ...

Author:

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

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
XPathUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	getXPathExprFromNode(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 String getXPathExprFromNode(Node node)
                                   throws 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:

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