org.dom4j.rule

Class RuleSet

java.lang.Object

org.dom4j.rule.RuleSet

public class RuleSet
extends Object

RuleSet manages a set of rules which are sorted in order of relevance according to the XSLT defined conflict resolution policy. This makes finding the correct rule for a DOM4J Node using the XSLT processing model efficient as the rules can be evaluated in order of priority.

Version:

$Revision: 1.10 $

Author:

James Strachan

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
RuleSet()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addAll(RuleSet that) Adds all the rules to this RuleSet from the given other rule set.
void	addRule(Rule rule)
Rule	getMatchingRule(Node node) Performs an XSLT processing model match for the rule which matches the given Node the best.
protected Rule[]	getRuleArray() Returns an array of sorted rules.
void	removeRule(Rule rule)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RuleSet

public RuleSet()

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getMatchingRule

public Rule getMatchingRule(Node node)

Performs an XSLT processing model match for the rule which matches the given Node the best.

Parameters:

node - is the DOM4J Node to match against

Returns:

the matching Rule or no rule if none matched

addRule

public void addRule(Rule rule)

removeRule

public void removeRule(Rule rule)

addAll

public void addAll(RuleSet that)

Adds all the rules to this RuleSet from the given other rule set.

Parameters:

that - DOCUMENT ME!

getRuleArray

protected Rule[] getRuleArray()

Returns an array of sorted rules.

Returns:

the rules as a sorted array in ascending precendence so that the rules at the end of the array should be used first