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XPathFunctionResolver.javaAPI DocJava SE 5 API2293Fri Aug 26 14:58:26 BST 2005javax.xml.xpath

XPathFunctionResolver

public interface XPathFunctionResolver

XPathFunctionResolver provides access to the set of user defined XPathFunctions.

XPath functions are resolved by name and arity. The resolver is not needed for XPath built-in functions and the resolver cannot be used to override those functions.

In particular, the resolver is only called for functions in an another namespace (functions with an explicit prefix). This means that you cannot use the XPathFunctionResolver to implement specifications like XML-Signature Syntax and Processing which extend the function library of XPath 1.0 in the same namespace. This is a consequence of the design of the resolver.

If you wish to implement additional built-in functions, you will have to extend the underlying implementation directly.

author
Norman Walsh
author
Jeff Suttor
version
$Revision: 1.7 $, $Date: 2004/04/01 16:07:17 $
see
XML Path Language (XPath) Version 1.0, Core Function Library
since
1.5

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Constructors Summary
Methods Summary
public javax.xml.xpath.XPathFunctionresolveFunction(javax.xml.namespace.QName functionName, int arity)

Find a function in the set of available functions.

If functionName or arity is null, then a NullPointerException is thrown.

param
functionName The function name.
param
arity The number of arguments that the returned function must accept.
return
The function or null if no function named functionName with arity arguments exists.
throws
NullPointerException If functionName or arity is null.