| XPath.java |
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22
23 package com.liferay.portal.kernel.xml;
24
25 import java.util.List;
26
27 /**
28 * <a href="XPath.java.html"><b><i>View Source</i></b></a>
29 *
30 * @author Brian Wing Shun Chan
31 */
32 public interface XPath {
33
34 public boolean booleanValueOf(Object context);
35
36 public Object evaluate(Object context);
37
38 public String getText();
39
40 public boolean matches(Node node);
41
42 public Number numberValueOf(Object context);
43
44 public List<Node> selectNodes(Object context);
45
46 public List<Node> selectNodes(Object context, XPath sortXPath);
47
48 public List<Node> selectNodes(
49 Object context, XPath sortXPath, boolean distinct);
50
51 public Node selectSingleNode(Object context);
52
53 public void sort(List<Node> nodes);
54
55 public void sort(List<Node> nodes, boolean distinct);
56
57 public String valueOf(Object context);
58
59 }