org.apache.commons.jxpath.util
Class BasicTypeConverter.ValuePointer

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.commons.jxpath.util.BasicTypeConverter.ValuePointer

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, java.lang.Comparable, Pointer

Enclosing class:

BasicTypeConverter

static final class BasicTypeConverter.ValuePointer
extends java.lang.Object
implements Pointer

Field Summary

private java.lang.Object

bean

Constructor Summary

BasicTypeConverter.ValuePointer(java.lang.Object object)

Method Summary

java.lang.String	asPath() Returns a string that is a proper "canonical" XPath that corresponds to this pointer.
java.lang.Object	clone() Pointers are cloneable
int	compareTo(java.lang.Object object)
java.lang.Object	getNode() Returns the raw value of the object, property or collection element this pointer represents.
java.lang.Object	getRootNode() Returns the node this pointer is based on.
java.lang.Object	getValue() Returns the value of the object, property or collection element this pointer represents.
void	setValue(java.lang.Object value) Modifies the value of the object, property or collection element this pointer represents.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

bean

private java.lang.Object bean

Constructor Detail

BasicTypeConverter.ValuePointer

public BasicTypeConverter.ValuePointer(java.lang.Object object)

Method Detail

getValue

public java.lang.Object getValue()

Description copied from interface: Pointer

Returns the value of the object, property or collection element this pointer represents. May convert the value to one of the canonical InfoSet types: String, Number, Boolean, Set. For example, in the case of an XML element, getValue() will return the text contained by the element rather than the element itself.

Specified by:

getValue in interface Pointer

getNode

public java.lang.Object getNode()

Description copied from interface: Pointer

Returns the raw value of the object, property or collection element this pointer represents. Never converts the object to a canonical type: returns it as is. For example, for an XML element, getNode() will return the element itself rather than the text it contains.

Specified by:

getNode in interface Pointer

getRootNode

public java.lang.Object getRootNode()

Description copied from interface: Pointer

Returns the node this pointer is based on.

Specified by:

getRootNode in interface Pointer

setValue

public void setValue(java.lang.Object value)

Description copied from interface: Pointer

Modifies the value of the object, property or collection element this pointer represents.

Specified by:

setValue in interface Pointer

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Description copied from interface: Pointer

Pointers are cloneable

Specified by:

clone in interface Pointer

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object

compareTo

public int compareTo(java.lang.Object object)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable

asPath

public java.lang.String asPath()

Description copied from interface: Pointer

Returns a string that is a proper "canonical" XPath that corresponds to this pointer. Consider this example:

Pointer ptr = ctx.getPointer("//employees[firstName = 'John']")

The value of ptr.asPath() will look something like "/departments[2]/employees[3]", so, basically, it represents the concrete location(s) of the result of a search performed by JXPath. If an object in the pointer's path is a Dynamic Property object (like a Map), the asPath method generates an XPath that looks like this: " /departments[@name = 'HR']/employees[3]".

Specified by:

asPath in interface Pointer