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46 */
47
48 // XPath.java - top-level entry point for DOM XPath matching.
49
50 package org.jaxen.dom;
51
52 import org.jaxen.BaseXPath;
53 import org.jaxen.JaxenException;
54
55 /** An XPath implementation for the W3C DOM.
56 *
57 * <p>This is the main entry point for matching an XPath against a DOM
58 * tree. You create a compiled XPath object, then match it against
59 * one or more context nodes using the {@link #selectNodes(Object)}
60 * method, as in the following example:</p>
61 *
62 * <pre> XPath path = new DOMXPath("a/b/c");
63 * List results = path.selectNodes(domNode);</pre>
64 *
65 * @see BaseXPath
66 *
67 * @author <a href="mailto:jstrachan@apache.org">James Strachan</a>
68 * @author <a href="mailto:bob@werken.com">bob mcwhirter</a>
69 *
70 * @version $Revision$
71 */
72 public class DOMXPath extends BaseXPath
73 {
74
75 private static final long serialVersionUID = 5551221776001439091L;
76
77 /** Create a new <code>DOMXPath</code> from an XPath expression string.
78 *
79 * @param xpathExpr the XPath expression
80 *
81 * @throws JaxenException if there is a syntax error in the expression
82 */
83 public DOMXPath(String xpathExpr) throws JaxenException
84 {
85 super( xpathExpr, DocumentNavigator.getInstance() );
86 }
87
88 }