Constructor Detail

• DOMXMLElementEvaluator

  public DOMXMLElementEvaluator(XPointer xpointer,
                        Element element,
                        ErrorReporter errorReporter)

  Constructs a new DOMXMLElementEvaluator to evaluate a XPointer on a DOM Element.

  Parameters:

  xpointer - an XPointer to evaluate.

  element - an DOM Element to be evaluated.

  errorReporter - the Woden Error Reporter context object.

Method Detail

• testElementShorthand

  public boolean testElementShorthand(XMLElement element,
                             String shorthand)

  Description copied from class: XMLElementEvaluator
  Tests the element for an id according to the specification at http://www.w3.org/TR/xptr-framework/#term-sdi and returns a boolean answer.

  Specified by:

  testElementShorthand in class XMLElementEvaluator

  Parameters:

  element - An XMLElement to test for an id.

  shorthand - A String of the id to test for.

  Returns:

  boolean value of whether the id matches or not.

• evaluateElement

  public Element evaluateElement()

  Evaluates the XPointer on the root Element and returns the resulting Element or null.

  Returns:

  an Element from the resultant evaluation of the root Element or null if evaluation fails.