Package org.jaxen.saxpath

Class Axis

java.lang.Object

org.jaxen.saxpath.Axis

public class Axis
extends java.lang.Object

Internal SAXPath class that contains constants representing XPath operators to avoid a lot of string comparisons.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static int	ANCESTOR	The ancestor axis
static int	ANCESTOR_OR_SELF	The ancestor-or-self axis
static int	ATTRIBUTE	The attribute axis
static int	CHILD	The child axis
static int	DESCENDANT	The descendant axis
static int	DESCENDANT_OR_SELF	The descendant-or-self axis
static int	FOLLOWING	The following axis
static int	FOLLOWING_SIBLING	The following-sibling axis
static int	INVALID_AXIS	Marker for an invalid axis
static int	NAMESPACE	The namespace axis
static int	PARENT	The parent axis
static int	PRECEDING	The preceding axis
static int	PRECEDING_SIBLING	The preceding-sibling axis
static int	SELF	The self axis

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static java.lang.String	lookup(int axisNum)	Returns the name of the axis.
static int	lookup(java.lang.String axisName)	Returns the code for an axis given its name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

INVALID_AXIS

public static final int INVALID_AXIS

Marker for an invalid axis

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Constant Field Values

CHILD

public static final int CHILD

The child axis

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DESCENDANT

public static final int DESCENDANT

The descendant axis

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PARENT

public static final int PARENT

The parent axis

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ANCESTOR

public static final int ANCESTOR

The ancestor axis

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FOLLOWING_SIBLING

public static final int FOLLOWING_SIBLING

The following-sibling axis

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PRECEDING_SIBLING

public static final int PRECEDING_SIBLING

The preceding-sibling axis

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FOLLOWING

public static final int FOLLOWING

The following axis

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PRECEDING

public static final int PRECEDING

The preceding axis

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ATTRIBUTE

public static final int ATTRIBUTE

The attribute axis

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NAMESPACE

public static final int NAMESPACE

The namespace axis

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SELF

public static final int SELF

The self axis

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DESCENDANT_OR_SELF

public static final int DESCENDANT_OR_SELF

The descendant-or-self axis

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ANCESTOR_OR_SELF

public static final int ANCESTOR_OR_SELF

The ancestor-or-self axis

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Method Detail

lookup

public static java.lang.String lookup(int axisNum)

Returns the name of the axis.

Parameters:

axisNum - the axis code

Returns:

the name of the axis such as might be used in an XPath expression

Throws:

JaxenRuntimeException - if the number does not represent one of the 13 XPath axes

lookup

public static int lookup(java.lang.String axisName)

Returns the code for an axis given its name.

Parameters:

axisName - the name of the axis: child, parent, descendant, descendant-or-self, etc.

Returns:

the axis code