org.jboss.soa.esb.util
Class XPathUtil

java.lang.Object
  org.jboss.soa.esb.util.XPathUtil

public class XPathUtil
extends java.lang.Object

Util methods for XPath related operations.

Since:

4.2

Author:

Daniel Bevenius

Constructor Summary

XPathUtil()

Method Summary

static org.w3c.dom.Document	getDocument(java.lang.String xml) Parses the passed in xml and creates a Dom Document
static org.w3c.dom.Element	getNodeFromXPathExpression(org.w3c.dom.Document document, java.lang.String xPathExpression) Will compile the passed in XPath expression and evalutate it against the passed in doument.
static org.w3c.dom.Element	getNodeFromXPathExpression(java.lang.String xml, java.lang.String xPathExpression)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XPathUtil

public XPathUtil()

Method Detail

getDocument

public static org.w3c.dom.Document getDocument(java.lang.String xml)
                                        throws org.xml.sax.SAXException,
                                               java.io.IOException,
                                               javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException

Parses the passed in xml and creates a Dom Document

Parameters:

xml -

Returns:

Document

Throws:

org.xml.sax.SAXException

java.io.IOException

javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException

getNodeFromXPathExpression

public static org.w3c.dom.Element getNodeFromXPathExpression(org.w3c.dom.Document document,
                                                             java.lang.String xPathExpression)
                                                      throws javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException

Will compile the passed in XPath expression and evalutate it against the passed in doument.

Parameters:

document - Document that the XPath expression should evaluate upon.

xPathExpression - XPath expression

Returns:

Element The Element found

Throws:

javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException

getNodeFromXPathExpression

public static org.w3c.dom.Element getNodeFromXPathExpression(java.lang.String xml,
                                                             java.lang.String xPathExpression)
                                                      throws javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException,
                                                             org.xml.sax.SAXException,
                                                             java.io.IOException,
                                                             javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException

Parameters:

xml - XML string that will be the target of the XPath evaluation

xPathExpression - XPath expression

Returns:

Element The Element found

Throws:

javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException

org.xml.sax.SAXException

java.io.IOException

javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException