Class XPathFactory

java.lang.Object

javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory

public abstract class XPathFactory extends Object

An XPathFactory instance can be used to create XPath objects.

See newInstance(String uri) for lookup mechanism.

The XPathFactory class is not thread-safe. In other words, it is the application's responsibility to ensure that at most one thread is using a XPathFactory object at any given moment. Implementations are encouraged to mark methods as synchronized to protect themselves from broken clients.

XPathFactory is not re-entrant. While one of the newInstance methods is being invoked, applications may not attempt to recursively invoke a newInstance method, even from the same thread.

Since:: 1.5

Field Summary

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static final String`	`DEFAULT_OBJECT_MODEL_URI`	Default Object Model URI.
`static final String`	`DEFAULT_PROPERTY_NAME`	The default property name according to the JAXP spec.

Constructor Summary

XPathFactory()

Modifier	Constructor	Description
`protected`	Protected constructor as `newInstance()` or `newInstance(String uri)` or `newInstance(String uri, String factoryClassName, ClassLoader classLoader)` should be used to create a new instance of an `XPathFactory`.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract boolean`	`getFeature(String name)`	Get the state of the named feature.
`String`	`getProperty(String name)`	Returns the value of the specified property.
`abstract boolean`	`isObjectModelSupported(String objectModel)`	Is specified object model supported by this `XPathFactory`?
`static XPathFactory`	`newDefaultInstance()`	Creates a new instance of the `XPathFactory` builtin system-default implementation.
`static XPathFactory`	`newInstance()`	Get a new `XPathFactory` instance using the default object model, `DEFAULT_OBJECT_MODEL_URI`, the W3C DOM.
`static XPathFactory`	`newInstance(String uri)`	Obtains a new `XPathFactory` instance using the specified object model.
`static XPathFactory`	`newInstance(String uri, String factoryClassName, ClassLoader classLoader)`	Obtain a new instance of a `XPathFactory` from a factory class name.
`abstract XPath`	`newXPath()`	Return a new `XPath` using the underlying object model determined when the `XPathFactory` was instantiated.
`abstract void`	`setFeature(String name, boolean value)`	Sets a feature for this `XPathFactory`.
`void`	`setProperty(String name, String value)`	Sets a property for this `XPathFactory`.
`abstract void`	`setXPathFunctionResolver(XPathFunctionResolver resolver)`	Establish a default function resolver.
`abstract void`	`setXPathVariableResolver(XPathVariableResolver resolver)`	Establish a default variable resolver.

Methods declared in class Object

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

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected Object`	`clone()`	Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)`	Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
`protected void`	`finalize()`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Finalization is deprecated and subject to removal in a future release.
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()`	Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`int`	`hashCode()`	Returns a hash code value for this object.
`final void`	`notify()`	Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`notifyAll()`	Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`String`	`toString()`	Returns a string representation of the object.
`final void`	`wait()`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis)`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

Field Details

DEFAULT_PROPERTY_NAME

public static final String DEFAULT_PROPERTY_NAME

The default property name according to the JAXP spec.

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DEFAULT_OBJECT_MODEL_URI

public static final String DEFAULT_OBJECT_MODEL_URI

Default Object Model URI.

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Constructor Details

XPathFactory

protected XPathFactory()

Protected constructor as newInstance() or newInstance(String uri) or newInstance(String uri, String factoryClassName, ClassLoader classLoader) should be used to create a new instance of an XPathFactory.

Method Details

newDefaultInstance

public static XPathFactory newDefaultInstance()

Creates a new instance of the XPathFactory builtin system-default implementation.

Implementation Requirements:: The XPathFactory builtin system-default implementation is only required to support the default object model, the W3C DOM, but may support additional object models.
Returns:: A new instance of the XPathFactory builtin system-default implementation.
Since:: 9

newInstance

public static XPathFactory newInstance()

Get a new XPathFactory instance using the default object model, DEFAULT_OBJECT_MODEL_URI, the W3C DOM.

This method is functionally equivalent to:

  newInstance(DEFAULT_OBJECT_MODEL_URI)

Since the implementation for the W3C DOM is always available, this method will never fail.

Returns:: Instance of an XPathFactory.
Throws:: RuntimeException - When there is a failure in creating an XPathFactory for the default object model.

newInstance

public static XPathFactory newInstance(String uri) throws XPathFactoryConfigurationException

Obtains a new XPathFactory instance using the specified object model. This method uses the JAXP Lookup Mechanism to determine and load the XPathFactory implementation that supports the specified object model.

Tip for Trouble-shooting:

See Properties.load(java.io.InputStream) for exactly how a property file is parsed. In particular, colons ':' need to be escaped in a property file, so make sure the URIs are properly escaped in it. For example:

  http\://java.sun.com/jaxp/xpath/dom=org.acme.DomXPathFactory

Parameters:: uri - Identifies the underlying object model. The specification only defines the URI DEFAULT_OBJECT_MODEL_URI, http://java.sun.com/jaxp/xpath/dom for the W3C DOM, the org.w3c.dom package, and implementations are free to introduce other URIs for other object models.
Returns:: Instance of an XPathFactory.
Throws:: XPathFactoryConfigurationException - If the specified object model is unavailable, or if there is a configuration error.; NullPointerException - If uri is null.; IllegalArgumentException - If uri is null or uri.length() == 0.

newInstance

public static XPathFactory newInstance(String uri, String factoryClassName, ClassLoader classLoader) throws XPathFactoryConfigurationException

Obtain a new instance of a XPathFactory from a factory class name. XPathFactory is returned if specified factory class supports the specified object model. This function is useful when there are multiple providers in the classpath. It gives more control to the application as it can specify which provider should be loaded.

Tip for Trouble-shooting

Setting the jaxp.debug system property will cause this method to print a lot of debug messages to System.err about what it is doing and where it is looking at.

If you have problems try:

java -Djaxp.debug=1 YourProgram ....

Parameters:

uri - Identifies the underlying object model. The specification only defines the URI DEFAULT_OBJECT_MODEL_URI,http://java.sun.com/jaxp/xpath/dom for the W3C DOM, the org.w3c.dom package, and implementations are free to introduce other URIs for other object models.

factoryClassName - fully qualified factory class name that provides implementation of javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory.

classLoader - ClassLoader used to load the factory class. If null current Thread's context classLoader is used to load the factory class.

Returns:

New instance of a XPathFactory

Throws:

XPathFactoryConfigurationException - if factoryClassName is null, or the factory class cannot be loaded, instantiated or the factory class does not support the object model specified in the uri parameter.

NullPointerException - If uri is null.

IllegalArgumentException - If uri is null or uri.length() == 0.

Since:

1.6

See Also:

isObjectModelSupported

public abstract boolean isObjectModelSupported(String objectModel)

Is specified object model supported by this XPathFactory?

Parameters:: objectModel - Specifies the object model which the returned XPathFactory will understand.
Returns:: true if XPathFactory supports objectModel, else false.
Throws:: NullPointerException - If objectModel is null.; IllegalArgumentException - If objectModel.length() == 0.

setFeature

public abstract void setFeature(String name, boolean value) throws XPathFactoryConfigurationException

Sets a feature for this XPathFactory. The feature applies to XPath objects that the XPathFactory creates. It has no impact on XPath objects that are already created.

Feature names are fully qualified URIs. Implementations may define their own features. An XPathFactoryConfigurationException is thrown if this XPathFactory or the XPaths it creates cannot support the feature. It is possible for an XPathFactory to expose a feature value but be unable to change its state.

All implementations are required to support the XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING feature. When the feature is true, any reference to an external function is an error. Under these conditions, the implementation must not call the XPathFunctionResolver and must throw an XPathFunctionException.

Parameters:: name - Feature name.; value - Is feature state true or false.
Throws:: XPathFactoryConfigurationException - if this XPathFactory or the XPaths it creates cannot support this feature.; NullPointerException - if name is null.

getFeature

public abstract boolean getFeature(String name) throws XPathFactoryConfigurationException

Get the state of the named feature.

Parameters:: name - Feature name.
Returns:: State of the named feature.
Throws:: XPathFactoryConfigurationException - if this XPathFactory or the XPaths it creates cannot support this feature.; NullPointerException - if name is null.

setXPathVariableResolver

public abstract void setXPathVariableResolver(XPathVariableResolver resolver)

Establish a default variable resolver.

Any XPath objects constructed from this factory will use the specified resolver by default.

A NullPointerException is thrown if resolver is null.

Parameters:: resolver - Variable resolver.
Throws:: NullPointerException - If resolver is null.

setXPathFunctionResolver

public abstract void setXPathFunctionResolver(XPathFunctionResolver resolver)

Establish a default function resolver.

Any XPath objects constructed from this factory will use the specified resolver by default.

A NullPointerException is thrown if resolver is null.

Parameters:: resolver - XPath function resolver.
Throws:: NullPointerException - If resolver is null.

newXPath

public abstract XPath newXPath()

Return a new XPath using the underlying object model determined when the XPathFactory was instantiated.

Returns:: New instance of an XPath.

setProperty

public void setProperty(String name, String value)

Sets a property for this XPathFactory. The property applies to XPath objects that the XPathFactory creates. It has no impact on XPath objects that are already created.

A property can either be defined in this XPathFactory, or by the underlying implementation.

Implementation Requirements:: The default implementation throws UnsupportedOperationException.
Parameters:: name - the property name; value - the value for the property
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if the property name is not recognized, or the value can not be assigned; UnsupportedOperationException - if the implementation does not support the method; NullPointerException - if the name is null
Since:: 18

getProperty

public String getProperty(String name)

Returns the value of the specified property.

Implementation Requirements:: The default implementation throws UnsupportedOperationException.
Parameters:: name - the property name
Returns:: the value of the property.
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if the property name is not recognized; UnsupportedOperationException - if the implementation does not support the method; NullPointerException - if the name is null
Since:: 18

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