01: /*
02: * Copyright 2004-2006 the original author or authors.
03: *
04: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
05: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
06: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
07: *
08: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
09: *
10: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14: * limitations under the License.
15: */
16:
17: package org.compass.core.xml;
18:
19: /**
20: * A compiled representation of an xpath expression.
21: *
22: * @author kimchy
23: */
24: public interface XmlXPathExpression {
25:
26: /**
27: * Executes the given compiled xpath expression against the given xml object.
28: *
29: * @param xmlObject The xml object to execute the compiled xpath expression against
30: * @return A list of xml objects matching the given compiled xpath expression
31: * @throws Exception
32: */
33: XmlObject[] select(XmlObject xmlObject) throws Exception;
34: }
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