com.myjavatools.xml
Class BasicXmlData.Expression

java.lang.Object
  com.myjavatools.xml.BasicXmlData.Expression

All Implemented Interfaces:

XmlData.Condition

Enclosing class:

BasicXmlData

public abstract static class BasicXmlData.Expression

extends java.lang.Object

implements XmlData.Condition

An abstract class that stores an expression used in XmlData search/filtering.

Constructor Summary

BasicXmlData.Expression()

Method Summary

static BasicXmlData.Expression	parse(java.lang.String source) Parses a string containing search/selection condition.
abstract boolean	satisfies(XmlData entity) Checks whether XmlData satisfies a condition.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BasicXmlData.Expression

public BasicXmlData.Expression()

Method Detail

parse

public static BasicXmlData.Expression parse(java.lang.String source)

Parses a string containing search/selection condition.

A condition consist of disjunctions of conjunctions of comparisons. Comparisons compare a node's type, value or attribute value to a string constant.

Parameters:

source - the expression to be parsed

Returns:

the internal (tree) representation of expression

satisfies

public abstract boolean satisfies(XmlData entity)

Description copied from interface: XmlData.Condition

Checks whether XmlData satisfies a condition.

Specified by:

satisfies in interface XmlData.Condition

Parameters:

entity - the data to check

Returns:

true if yes, it satisfies