com.jclark.xsl.expr
Class AlternativesPattern

java.lang.Object
  com.jclark.xsl.expr.AlternativesPattern

All Implemented Interfaces:

Pattern, TopLevelPattern

class AlternativesPattern

extends java.lang.Object

implements TopLevelPattern

represents an "OR" (union) of match patterns

Constructor Summary

(package private)

AlternativesPattern(TopLevelPattern pattern1, PathPattern pattern2) construct with a head pattern1 and tail pattern2

Method Summary

PathPattern[]	getAlternatives() may represent an "or" grouping, so we allow them to be broken out and dealt with separately
boolean	matches(Node node, ExprContext context) evaluate to a boolean

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AlternativesPattern

AlternativesPattern(TopLevelPattern pattern1,
                    PathPattern pattern2)

construct with a head pattern1 and tail pattern2

Method Detail

matches

public boolean matches(Node node,
                       ExprContext context)
                throws XSLException

evaluate to a boolean

Specified by:

matches in interface Pattern

Throws:

XSLException

getAlternatives

public PathPattern[] getAlternatives()

Description copied from interface: TopLevelPattern

may represent an "or" grouping, so we allow them to be broken out and dealt with separately

Specified by:

getAlternatives in interface TopLevelPattern

Returns:

an array of all the alternative PathPatterns