Java XPath Evaluate evaluateNodeListTextXPath(final Document document, final String expression)

Description

evaluate Node List Text X Path

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static List<String> evaluateNodeListTextXPath(final Document document, final String expression)
            throws XPathExpressionException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;

import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpression;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    private static final XPathFactory XPATH_FACTORY = XPathFactory.newInstance();

    public static List<String> evaluateNodeListTextXPath(final Document document, final String expression)
            throws XPathExpressionException {
        return evaluateNodeListTextXPath(document, compile(expression));
    }

    public static List<String> evaluateNodeListTextXPath(final Document document, final XPathExpression expression)
            throws XPathExpressionException {
        notNull(document);
        notNull(expression);

        final List<String> result = new LinkedList<String>();

        for (final Node node : evaluateNodeListXPath(document, expression)) {
            result.add(node.getTextContent());
        }

        return result;
    }

    public static XPathExpression compile(final String expression) throws XPathExpressionException {
        notNull(expression);

        return XPATH_FACTORY.newXPath().compile(expression);
    }

    public static void notNull(final Object object) {
        if (object == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException();
        }
    }

    public static List<Node> evaluateNodeListXPath(final Document document, final String expression)
            throws XPathExpressionException {
        return evaluateNodeListXPath(document, compile(expression));
    }

    public static List<Node> evaluateNodeListXPath(final Document document, final XPathExpression expression)
            throws XPathExpressionException {
        notNull(document);
        notNull(expression);

        final List<Node> result = new LinkedList<Node>();

        final NodeList nodeList = (NodeList) expression.evaluate(document, XPathConstants.NODESET);

        for (int node = 0; node < nodeList.getLength(); node++) {
            result.add(nodeList.item(node));
        }

        return result;
    }
}

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1. evaluate(Object obj, String xpathExpression, QName qName)
2. evaluate(String path, Node node)
3. evaluate(XPath xpath, String base, String path, Document document)
4. evaluateAsString(String expression, Node node)
5. evaluateAsString(String expression, Node node)
6. evaluateNodeListXPath(final Document document, final String expression)
7. evaluateNodes(final XPathExpression xpathExpression, final Document pom)
8. evaluateNodeSet(XPathExpression xpe, Object item)
9. evaluateXpath(Document doc, String xpath, QName returnType)