Java XPath Create getXPath()

Description

Gets the XPath API, creating it if necessary.

License

Open Source License

Return

the XPath API.

Declaration

public static synchronized XPath getXPath() 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

import javax.xml.xpath.XPath;

import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory;

public class Main {
    /** Reusable XPath factory. */
    private static XPathFactory xpathFactory;
    /** Reusable XPath. */
    private static XPath xpath;

    /**/* w ww . jav  a2 s  .  co  m*/
     * Gets the XPath API, creating it if necessary.
     * 
     * @return the XPath API.
     */
    public static synchronized XPath getXPath() {
        if (xpath == null) {
            xpath = getXPathFactory().newXPath();
        }
        return xpath;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the XPath factory, creating it if necessary.
     * 
     * @return the XPath factory.
     */
    public static synchronized XPathFactory getXPathFactory() {
        if (xpathFactory == null) {
            xpathFactory = XPathFactory.newInstance();
        }
        return xpathFactory;
    }
}

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