org.jaxen.expr
Class DefaultLiteralExpr

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.jaxen.expr.DefaultExpr
      extended by org.jaxen.expr.DefaultLiteralExpr
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.io.Serializable, Expr, LiteralExpr

 class DefaultLiteralExpr
extends DefaultExpr
implements LiteralExpr


Field Summary
private  java.lang.String literal
           
private static long serialVersionUID
           
 
Constructor Summary
DefaultLiteralExpr(java.lang.String literal)
           
 
Method Summary
 java.lang.Object evaluate(Context context)
          Evaluate the expression in the given context, and return the result.
 java.lang.String getLiteral()
          Returns the contents of the string literal, not including the quote marks.
 java.lang.String getText()
          Returns a String containing the XPath expression.
 java.lang.String toString()
           
 
Methods inherited from class org.jaxen.expr.DefaultExpr
convertToIterator, convertToList, simplify
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface org.jaxen.expr.Expr
simplify
 

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

private static final long serialVersionUID
See Also:
Constant Field Values

literal

private java.lang.String literal
Constructor Detail

DefaultLiteralExpr

DefaultLiteralExpr(java.lang.String literal)
Method Detail

getLiteral

public java.lang.String getLiteral()
Description copied from interface: LiteralExpr
Returns the contents of the string literal, not including the quote marks.

Specified by:
getLiteral in interface LiteralExpr
Returns:
the contents of the string literal

toString

public java.lang.String toString()
Overrides:
toString in class java.lang.Object

getText

public java.lang.String getText()
Description copied from interface: Expr
Returns a String containing the XPath expression.

Specified by:
getText in interface Expr
Returns:
the text form of this XPath expression

evaluate

public java.lang.Object evaluate(Context context)
Description copied from interface: Expr
Evaluate the expression in the given context, and return the result. The result will be a java.lang.Double for expressions that return a number, a java.lang.String for expressions that return a string, a java.lang.Boolean for expressions that return a boolean, and a java.util.List for expressions that return a node-set. In the latter case, the elements of the list are the actual objects from the source document model. Copies are not made.

Specified by:
evaluate in interface Expr
Parameters:
context - the context in which the expression is evaluated
Returns:
an object representing the result of the evaluation