Package org.dom4j.rule

Interface Pattern

    • Field Summary

      Fields 
      Modifier and Type Field Description
      static short ANY_NODE
      Matches any node
      static double DEFAULT_PRIORITY
      According to the spec we should return 0.5 if we cannot determine the priority
      static short NONE
      Matches no nodes
      static short NUMBER_OF_TYPES
      Count of the number of node types

    • Method Detail

      • matches

        boolean matches(Node node)
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        Specified by:
        matches in interface NodeFilter
        Parameters:
        node - DOCUMENT ME!
        Returns:
        true if the pattern matches the given DOM4J node.

      • getPriority

        double getPriority()
        Returns the default resolution policy of the pattern according to the XSLT conflict resolution spec .
        Returns:
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      • getUnionPatterns

        Pattern[] getUnionPatterns()
        If this pattern is a union pattern then this method should return an array of patterns which describe the union pattern, which should contain more than one pattern. Otherwise this method should return null.
        Returns:
        an array of the patterns which make up this union pattern or null if this pattern is not a union pattern

      • getMatchType

        short getMatchType()
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        Returns:
        the type of node the pattern matches which by default should return ANY_NODE if it can match any kind of node.

      • getMatchesNodeName

        java.lang.String getMatchesNodeName()
        For patterns which only match an ATTRIBUTE_NODE or an ELEMENT_NODE then this pattern may return the name of the element or attribute it matches. This allows a more efficient rule matching algorithm to be performed, rather than a brute force approach of evaluating every pattern for a given Node.
        Returns:
        the name of the element or attribute this pattern matches or null if this pattern matches any or more than one name.