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* Note: As this class has no knowledge of the
* document content, the generated XPath expression rely on the
* document structure. Hence any modification of the structure
* of the document may invalidate the generated XPaths.
*
* @author Laurent Bihanic
* @deprecated moved in to core: org.jdom2.xpath.XPathHelper
* @see org.jdom2.xpath.XPathHelper
*/
@Deprecated
public class XPathHelper {
/**
* Returns the path to the specified Element from the document
* root as an XPath expression.
*
* @param to the Element the generated path shall select.
*
* @return an XPath expression to select the specified node.
*
* @throws JDOMException if the XPath generation failed.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if to is
* null.
*/
public static String getPathString(Element to) throws JDOMException {
return getPathString(null, to);
}
/**
* Returns the path from a given JDOM node to the specified
* Element as an XPath expression.
*
* @param from the Document or Element node at which the
* the generated path shall be applied. Use
* null to specify the topmost
* ancestor of the to node.
* @param to the Element the generated path shall select.
*
* @return an XPath expression to select the specified node.
*
* @throws JDOMException if the XPath generation failed.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if to is
* null or from is not
* a {@link Document} or a {@link Element} node.
*/
public static String getPathString(Object from, Element to)
throws JDOMException {
checkPathStringArguments(from, to);
if (to == from) {
return "node()";
}
return getElementPath(from, to, true).toString();
}
/**
* Returns the path to the specified Attribute from the document
* root as an XPath expression.
*
* @param to the Attribute the generated path shall select.
*
* @return an XPath expression to select the specified node.
*
* @throws JDOMException if the XPath generation failed.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if to is
* null.
*/
public static String getPathString(Attribute to) throws JDOMException {
return getPathString(null, to);
}
/**
* Returns the path from a given JDOM node to the specified
* Attribute as an XPath expression.
*
* @param from the Document or Element node at which the
* the generated path shall be applied. Use
* null to specify the topmost
* ancestor of the to node.
* @param to the Attribute the generated path shall select.
*
* @return an XPath expression to select the specified node.
*
* @throws JDOMException if the XPath generation failed.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if to is
* null or from is not
* a {@link Document} or a {@link Element} node.
*/
public static String getPathString(Object from, Attribute to)
throws JDOMException {
checkPathStringArguments(from, to);
if (to == from) {
return "node()";
}
StringBuilder path = getElementPath(from, to.getParent(), false);
path.append('@').append(to.getName()).toString();
return path.toString();
}
/**
* Returns the path to the specified Text node from the document
* root as an XPath expression.
*
* @param to the Text node the generated path shall select.
*
* @return an XPath expression to select the specified node.
*
* @throws JDOMException if the XPath generation failed.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if to is
* null.
*/
public static String getPathString(Text to) throws JDOMException {
return getPathString(null, to);
}
/**
* Returns the path from a given JDOM node to the specified
* Text node as an XPath expression.
*
* @param from the Document or Element node at which the
* the generated path shall be applied. Use
* null to specify the topmost
* ancestor of the to node.
* @param to the Text node the generated path shall select.
*
* @return an XPath expression to select the specified node.
*
* @throws JDOMException if the XPath generation failed.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if to is
* null or from is not
* a {@link Document} or a {@link Element} node.
*/
public static String getPathString(Object from, Text to)
throws JDOMException {
checkPathStringArguments(from, to);
if (to == from) {
return "node()";
}
Element parent = to.getParentElement();
List siblings = null;
StringBuilder path = getElementPath(from, parent, false);
if (parent != null) {
siblings = parent.getContent(Filters.text());
}
else {
Document doc = to.getDocument();
if (doc != null) {
siblings = doc.getContent(Filters.text());
}
}
return getPositionPath(to, siblings, "text()", path).toString();
}
/**
* Returns the path to the specified Comment from the document
* root as an XPath expression.
*
* @param to the Comment the generated path shall select.
*
* @return an XPath expression to select the specified node.
*
* @throws JDOMException if the XPath generation failed.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if to is
* null.
*/
public static String getPathString(Comment to) throws JDOMException {
return getPathString(null, to);
}
/**
* Returns the path from a given JDOM node to the specified
* Comment as an XPath expression.
*
* @param from the Document or Element node at which the
* the generated path shall be applied. Use
* null to specify the topmost
* ancestor of the to node.
* @param to the Comment the generated path shall select.
*
* @return an XPath expression to select the specified node.
*
* @throws JDOMException if the XPath generation failed.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if to is
* null or from is not
* a {@link Document} or a {@link Element} node.
*/
public static String getPathString(Object from, Comment to)
throws JDOMException {
checkPathStringArguments(from, to);
if (to == from) {
return "node()";
}
Element parent = to.getParentElement();
List siblings = null;
StringBuilder path = getElementPath(from, parent, false);
if (parent != null) {
siblings = parent.getContent(Filters.comment());
}
else {
Document doc = to.getDocument();
if (doc != null) {
siblings = doc.getContent(Filters.comment());
}
}
return getPositionPath(to, siblings, "comment()", path).toString();
}
/**
* Returns the path to the specified ProcessingInstruction node
* from the document root as an XPath expression.
*
* @param to the ProcessingInstruction node the generated path
* shall select.
*
* @return an XPath expression to select the specified node.
*
* @throws JDOMException if the XPath generation failed.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if to is
* null.
*/
public static String getPathString(ProcessingInstruction to)
throws JDOMException {
return getPathString(null, to);
}
/**
* Returns the path from a given JDOM node to the specified
* ProcessingInstruction node as an XPath expression.
*
* @param from the Document or Element node at which the
* the generated path shall be applied. Use
* null to specify the topmost
* ancestor of the to node.
* @param to the ProcessingInstruction node the generated
* path shall select.
*
* @return an XPath expression to select the specified node.
*
* @throws JDOMException if the XPath generation failed.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if to is
* null or from is not
* a {@link Document} or a {@link Element} node.
*/
public static String getPathString(Object from, ProcessingInstruction to)
throws JDOMException {
checkPathStringArguments(from, to);
if (to == from) {
return "node()";
}
Element parent = to.getParentElement();
List siblings = null;
StringBuilder path = getElementPath(from, parent, false);
if (parent != null) {
siblings = parent.getContent(Filters.processinginstruction());
}
else {
Document doc = to.getDocument();
if (doc != null) {
siblings = doc.getContent(Filters.processinginstruction());
}
}
return getPositionPath(to, siblings,
"processing-instruction()", path).toString();
}
/**
* Returns the path to the specified JDOM node from the document
* root as an XPath expression.
*
* @param to the JDOM node the generated path shall select.
*
* @return an XPath expression to select the specified node.
*
* @throws JDOMException if the XPath generation failed.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if to is
* null or is not a JDOM node selectable
* by XPath expressions (Element, Attribute, Text,
* Comment, ProcessingInstruction).
*/
public static String getPathString(Object to) throws JDOMException {
return getPathString(null, to);
}
/**
* Returns the path from a JDOM node to another JDOM node
* as an XPath expression.
*
* @param from the Document or Element node at which the
* the generated path shall be applied. Use
* null to specify the topmost
* ancestor of the to node.
* @param to the JDOM node the generated path shall select.
*
* @return an XPath expression to select the specified node.
*
* @throws JDOMException if the XPath generation failed.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if from is not
* a {@link Document} or a {@link Element} node or
* to is null or is not a JDOM
* node selectable by XPath expressions (Element,
* Attribute, Text, Comment, ProcessingInstruction).
*/
public static String getPathString(Object from, Object to)
throws JDOMException {
if (to instanceof Element) {
return getPathString(from, (Element) to);
}
else if (to instanceof Attribute) {
return getPathString(from, (Attribute) to);
}
else if (to instanceof Text) {
return getPathString(from, (Text) to);
}
else if (to instanceof Comment) {
return getPathString(from, (Comment) to);
}
else if (to instanceof ProcessingInstruction) {
return getPathString(from, (ProcessingInstruction) to);
}
else {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"\"to \" shall be an Element, Attribute," +
" Text, Comment or ProcessingInstruction node");
}
}
/**
* Checks that the two arguments of a getPathString()
* call are valid.
*
* @param from the from node.
* @param to the to node.
*
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if one of the arguments is
* invalid.
*/
private static void checkPathStringArguments(Object from, Object to) {
if (!((from == null) || (from instanceof Element)
|| (from instanceof Document))) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("from");
}
if (to == null) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("to");
}
}
/**
* Returns the XPath expression to select the to
* element relatively to the from element.
*
* @param from the from element.
* @param to the to element.
* @param leaf whether the to is the last element
* of the path to return.
*
* @return an XPath expression to select the to
* element.
*
* @throws JDOMException if the XPath generation failed.
*/
private static StringBuilder getElementPath(Object from,
Element to, boolean leaf)
throws JDOMException {
if (from instanceof Document) {
from = null;
}
return getElementPath((Element) from, to, leaf, new StringBuilder());
}
/**
* Returns the XPath expression to select the to
* element relatively to the from element.
*
* @param from the from element.
* @param to the to element.
* @param leaf whether the to is the last element
* of the path to return.
* @param path the buffer to which append the path.
*
* @return an XPath expression to select the to
* element.
*
* @throws JDOMException if the XPath generation failed.
*/
private static StringBuilder getElementPath(Element from, Element to,
boolean leaf, StringBuilder path)
throws JDOMException {
if (to != from) {
List siblings = null;
Element parent = to.getParentElement();
if (parent == null) {
// Oops! No more parent but I haven't yet reached the from node.
if (parent != from) {
// Ouch! from node is not an ancestor.
throw new JDOMException(
"The \"from\" node is not an ancestor of the \"to\" node");
}
if (to.isRootElement()) {
path.append('/');
}
}
else {
siblings = parent.getChildren(to.getName(), null);
}
if (parent != from) {
path = getElementPath(from, parent, false, path);
}
Namespace ns = to.getNamespace();
if (ns == Namespace.NO_NAMESPACE) {
// No namespace => Use local name only.
path = getPositionPath(to, siblings, to.getName(), path);
}
else {
// Elements belongs to a namespace => Check prefix.
String prefix = to.getNamespacePrefix();
if ("".equals(prefix)) {
// No prefix (default namespace in scope
// => Use wildcard & local name combination.
path.append("*[local-name()='").
append(to.getName()).append("']");
path = getPositionPath(to, siblings, null, path);
}
else {
// Not the default namespace => Use prefix.
path.append(to.getNamespacePrefix()).append(':');
path = getPositionPath(to, siblings, to.getName(), path);
}
}
if ((!leaf) && (path.length() != 0)) {
path.append('/');
}
}
return (path);
}
/**
* Appends the specified path token to the provided buffer
* followed by the position specification of the target node in
* its siblings list.
*
* @param node the target node for the XPath expression.
* @param siblings the siblings of the target node.
* @param pathToken the path token identifying the target node.
* @param buffer the buffer to which appending the XPath
* sub-expression or null if the
* method shall allocate a new buffer.
*
* @return the XPath sub-expression to select the target node
* among its siblings.
*/
private static StringBuilder getPositionPath(Object node, List siblings,
String pathToken,
StringBuilder buffer) {
if (buffer == null) {
buffer = new StringBuilder();
}
if (pathToken != null) {
buffer.append(pathToken);
}
if ((siblings != null) && (siblings.size() != 1)) {
int position = 0;
for (Iterator i = siblings.iterator(); i.hasNext();) {
position++;
if (i.next() == node) break;
}
buffer.append('[').append(position).append(']');
}
return buffer;
}
}
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