1 /* 2 * $Header$ 3 * $Revision$ 4 * $Date$ 5 * 6 * ==================================================================== 7 * 8 * Copyright 2000-2002 bob mcwhirter & James Strachan. 9 * All rights reserved. 10 * 11 * 12 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 13 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are 14 * met: 15 * 16 * * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 17 * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 18 * 19 * * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 20 * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 21 * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 22 * 23 * * Neither the name of the Jaxen Project nor the names of its 24 * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived 25 * from this software without specific prior written permission. 26 * 27 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS 28 * IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 29 * TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A 30 * PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER 31 * OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, 32 * EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, 33 * PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR 34 * PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF 35 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING 36 * NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS 37 * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 38 * 39 * ==================================================================== 40 * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many 41 * individuals on behalf of the Jaxen Project and was originally 42 * created by bob mcwhirter <bob@werken.com> and 43 * James Strachan <jstrachan@apache.org>. For more information on the 44 * Jaxen Project, please see <http://www.jaxen.org/>. 45 * 46 * $Id$ 47 */ 48 49 50 package org.jaxen.saxpath; 51 52 53 /** Interface for readers which can parse textual 54 * XPath expressions, and produce callbacks to 55 * {@link org.jaxen.saxpath.XPathHandler} objects. 56 * 57 * @author bob mcwhirter (bob@werken.com) 58 */ 59 public interface XPathReader extends SAXPathEventSource 60 { 61 /** Parse an XPath expression, 62 * and send event callbacks to an {@link org.jaxen.saxpath.XPathHandler}. 63 * 64 * @param xpath the textual XPath expression to parse 65 * 66 * @throws SAXPathException if the expression is syntactically incorrect 67 */ 68 void parse(String xpath) throws SAXPathException; 69 }