Java XPath Expression isValidFilter(String xPathString)

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Description

is Valid Filter

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static boolean isValidFilter(String xPathString) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import javax.xml.xpath.XPath;

import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory;

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

    public static boolean isValidFilter(String xPathString) {
        if (xPathString == null) {
            return true;
        }
        try {
            XPath xPath = xPathFactory.newXPath();
            xPath.compile(xPathString);
            return true;
        } catch (XPathExpressionException ex) {
            return false;
        }
    }
}

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