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19:
20: package org.netbeans.modules.xml.xpath.ext;
21:
22: import org.netbeans.modules.xml.xpath.ext.visitor.XPathVisitable;
23:
24: /**
25: * <p>
26: * Represents an XPath expression.
27: * <p>
28: * An expression may have children representing steps in a location path or
29: * arguments to operations and functions. The children expressions are
30: * represented as an ordered collection.
31: *
32: * @author Enrico Lelina
33: * @version
34: */
35: public interface XPathExpression extends XPathVisitable {
36:
37: /**
38: * Returns the XPath model to which the expression is owned.
39: */
40: XPathModel getModel();
41:
42: /**
43: * Gets the string representation of the expression.
44: * @return the string representation
45: */
46: String getExpressionString();
47: }
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