Package com.tivoli.am.fim.trustserver.sts.utilities

Class XMLExtUtils

java.lang.Object

com.tivoli.am.fim.trustserver.sts.utilities.XMLExtUtils

public class XMLExtUtils
extends Object

Utility class that can be used to perform an XPath evaluation on an XML Document or Element to retrieve a matching Node or NodeList.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
XMLExtUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Node	getNode(String xpath, Document doc)	Method evaluates an xpath expression on the given XML Document and returns the matched node.
static Node	getNode(String xpath, Element elem)	Method evaluates an xpath expression on the given XML Element and returns the matched node.
static NodeList	getNodes(String xpath, Document doc)	Method evaluates an xpath expression on the given XML Document and returns a list of matched nodes.
static NodeList	getNodes(String xpath, Element elem)	Method evaluates an xpath expression on the given XML Element and returns a list of matched nodes.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

XMLExtUtils

public XMLExtUtils()

Method Details

getNode

public static Node getNode(String xpath,
 Element elem)

Method evaluates an xpath expression on the given XML Element and returns the matched node.

Parameters:

xpath - XPath expression used to find the Nodes.

elem - XML Element object to query

Returns:

Node. If an exception is encountered, return null.

getNode

public static Node getNode(String xpath,
 Document doc)

Method evaluates an xpath expression on the given XML Document and returns the matched node.

Parameters:

xpath - XPath expression used to find the Nodes.

doc - XML Document object to query

Returns:

Node. If an exception is encountered, return null.

getNodes

public static NodeList getNodes(String xpath,
 Element elem)

Method evaluates an xpath expression on the given XML Element and returns a list of matched nodes.

Parameters:

xpath - XPath expression used to find the Nodes.

elem - XML Element object to query

Returns:

NodeList. If an exception is encountered, return null.

getNodes

public static NodeList getNodes(String xpath,
 Document doc)

Method evaluates an xpath expression on the given XML Document and returns a list of matched nodes.

Parameters:

xpath - XPath expression used to find the Nodes.

doc - XML Document object to query

Returns:

NodeList. If an exception is encountered, return null.