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* XPaths are required to be namespace-aware. Typically this is done by using
* a namespace-prefixed query, with the actual namespace URI being set in the
* context of the XPath expression. This is not possible to express using a
* simple String return value. As a work-around, this method uses a potentially
* slower, but more reliable, mechanism for ensuring the correct namespace
* context is selected. The mechanism will appear like (for Elements):
*
* .../*[local-name() = 'tag' and namespace-uri() = 'uri']
*
* Similarly, Attributes will have a syntax similar to:
*
* .../@*[local-name() = 'attname' and namespace-uri() = 'uri']
*
* This mechanism makes it possible to have a simple namespace context, and a
* simple String value returned from the methods on this class.
*
* This class does not provide ways to access document-level content. Nor does
* it provide ways to access data relative to the Document level. Use absolute
* methods to access data from the Document level.
*
* The methods on this class assume that the Document is above the top-most
* Element in the XML tree. The top-most Element is the one that does not have
* a parent Element (although it may have a parent Document). As a result, you
* can use Element data that is not attached to a JDOM Document.
*
* Detatched Attributes, and detached non-Element content are not treated the
* same. If you try to get an Absolute path to a detached Attribute or
* non-Element Content you will get an IllegalArgumentException. On the other
* hand it is legal to get the relative XPath for a detached node to itself (
* but to some other node will cause an IllegalArgumentException because the
* nodes do not share a common ancestor).
*
* 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
* @author Rolf Lear
*/
public final class XPathHelper {
/**
* Private constructor.
*/
private XPathHelper () {
// make constructor inaccessible.
}
/**
* Appends the specified path token to the provided buffer followed by the
* position specification of the target node in its siblings list (if
* needed).
*
* @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) {
buffer.append(pathToken);
if (siblings != null) {
int position = 0;
final Iterator i = siblings.iterator();
while (i.hasNext()) {
position++;
if (i.next() == node)
break;
}
if (position > 1 || i.hasNext()) {
// the item is not at the first location, ot there are more
// locations. in other words, indexing is required.
buffer.append('[').append(position).append(']');
}
}
return buffer;
}
/**
* Calculate a single stage of an XPath query.
*
* @param nsa
* The token to get the relative-to-parent XPath for
* @param buffer
* The buffer to append the relative stage to
* @return The same buffer as was input.
*/
private static final StringBuilder getSingleStep(final NamespaceAware nsa,
final StringBuilder buffer) {
if (nsa instanceof Content) {
final Content content = (Content) nsa;
final Element pnt = content.getParentElement();
if (content instanceof Text) { // OR CDATA!
final List sibs = pnt == null ? null :
pnt.getContent(Filters.text()); // CDATA
return getPositionPath(content, sibs, "text()", buffer);
} else if (content instanceof Comment) {
final List sibs = pnt == null ? null :
pnt.getContent(Filters.comment());
return getPositionPath(content, sibs, "comment()", buffer);
} else if (content instanceof ProcessingInstruction) {
final List sibs = pnt == null ? null :
pnt.getContent(Filters.processinginstruction());
return getPositionPath(content, sibs,
"processing-instruction()", buffer);
} else if (content instanceof Element &&
((Element) content).getNamespace() == Namespace.NO_NAMESPACE) {
// simple XPath to a no-namespace Element.
final String ename = ((Element) content).getName();
final List sibs = pnt == null ? null : pnt
.getChildren(ename);
return getPositionPath(content, sibs, ename, buffer);
} else if (content instanceof Element) {
// complex XPath to an Element with Namespace...
// we do not want to have to prefix namespaces because that is
// essentially impossible to get right with the new JDOM2 API.
final Element emt = (Element)content;
// Note, the getChildren compares only the URI (not the prefix)
// so the results are the same as an XPath would be.
final List sibs = pnt == null ? null :
pnt.getChildren(emt.getName(), emt.getNamespace());
String xps = "*[local-name() = '" + emt.getName() +
"' and namespace-uri() = '" +
emt.getNamespaceURI() + "']";
return getPositionPath(content, sibs, xps, buffer);
} else {
final List sibs = pnt == null ? Collections
.singletonList(nsa) : pnt.getContent();
return getPositionPath(content, sibs, "node()", buffer);
}
} else if (nsa instanceof Attribute) {
Attribute att = (Attribute) nsa;
if (att.getNamespace() == Namespace.NO_NAMESPACE) {
buffer.append("@").append(att.getName());
} else {
buffer.append("@*[local-name() = '").append(att.getName());
buffer.append("' and namespace-uri() = '");
buffer.append(att.getNamespaceURI()).append("']");
}
}
// do nothing...
return buffer;
}
/**
* Returns the path to the specified toElement from the
* specified from Element. The from Element must have a common
* ancestor Element with the to Element.
*
*
* @param from
* the Element the generated path shall select relative to.
* @param to
* the Content the generated path shall select.
* @param sb
* the StringBuilder to append the path to.
* @return an XPath expression to select the specified node.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException
* if the from and to Elements have no common ancestor.
*/
private static StringBuilder getRelativeElementPath(final Element from,
final Element to, final StringBuilder sb) {
if (from == to) {
sb.append(".");
return sb;
}
// ToStack will be a chain of Elements from the to element to the
// root element, but will be 'short' if it encounters the from Element
// itself.
final ArrayList tostack = new ArrayList();
Element e = to;
while (e != null && e != from) {
tostack.add(e);
e = e.getParentElement();
}
// the number of steps we will have in the resulting path (potentially)
int pos = tostack.size();
if (e != from) {
// the from is not a direct ancestor of the to.
// we need to find where the common ancestor is between from and to
// we use the 'pos' variable to locate the common ancestor.
// pos is a pointer in to the tostack.
Element f = from;
int fcnt = 0;
// note that we search for 'pos' here... it will be set.
while (f != null && (pos = locate(f, tostack)) < 0) {
// go up the from ELement's ancestry until we intersect with the
// to Element's Ancestry.
fcnt++;
f = f.getParentElement();
}
if (f == null) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"The 'from' and 'to' Element have no common ancestor.");
}
// OK, we have counted how far up the ancestry we need to go, so
// add the steps to the XPath.
while (--fcnt >= 0) {
sb.append("../");
}
}
// we have the common point in the ancestry, indicated by 'pos'.
// we walk down the 'to' side of the tree until we get to the target.
while (--pos >= 0) {
getSingleStep(tostack.get(pos), sb);
sb.append("/");
}
// we automatically append '/' in the loop, so we remove the last '/'
sb.setLength(sb.length() - 1);
return sb;
}
/**
* Do an identity search in an array for a specific value.
*
* @param f
* The Element to search for.
* @param tostack
* The list to search in.
* @return the position of the f value in the tostack.
*/
private static int locate(final Element f, final List tostack) {
// a somewhat naive search... ArrayList it is fast enough though.
int ret = tostack.size();
while (--ret >= 0) {
if (f == tostack.get(ret)) {
return ret;
}
}
return -1;
}
/**
* Returns the relative path from the given from Content to the specified to
* Content as an XPath expression.
*
* @param from
* the Content from which the the generated path shall be applied.
* @param to
* the Content the generated path shall select.
* @return an XPath expression to select the specified node.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException
* if to and from are not part of the same
* XML tree
*/
public static String getRelativePath(final Content from, final Content to) {
if (from == null) {
throw new NullPointerException(
"Cannot create a path from a null target");
}
if (to == null) {
throw new NullPointerException(
"Cannot create a path to a null target");
}
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
if (from == to) {
return ".";
}
final Element efrom = (from instanceof Element) ? (Element) from : from
.getParentElement();
if (from != efrom) {
sb.append("../");
}
if (to instanceof Element) {
getRelativeElementPath(efrom, (Element) to, sb);
} else {
final Element telement = to.getParentElement();
if (telement == null) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"Cannot get a relative XPath to detached content.");
}
getRelativeElementPath(efrom, telement, sb);
sb.append("/");
getSingleStep(to, sb);
}
return sb.toString();
}
/**
* Returns the relative path from the given from Content to the specified to
* Attribute as an XPath expression.
*
* @param from
* the Content from which the the generated path shall be applied.
* @param to
* the Attribute the generated path shall select.
* @return an XPath expression to select the specified node.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException
* if to and from are not part of the same
* XML tree
*/
public static String getRelativePath(final Content from, final Attribute to) {
if (from == null) {
throw new NullPointerException(
"Cannot create a path from a null Content");
}
if (to == null) {
throw new NullPointerException(
"Cannot create a path to a null Attribute");
}
final Element t = to.getParent();
if (t == null) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"Cannot create a path to detached Attribute");
}
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(getRelativePath(from, t));
sb.append("/");
getSingleStep(to, sb);
return sb.toString();
}
/**
* Returns the relative path from the given from Attribute to the specified
* to Attribute as an XPath expression.
*
* @param from
* the Attribute from which the the generated path shall be applied.
* @param to
* the Attribute the generated path shall select.
* @return an XPath expression to select the specified node.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException
* if to and from are not part of the same
* XML tree
*/
public static String getRelativePath(final Attribute from,
final Attribute to) {
if (from == null) {
throw new NullPointerException(
"Cannot create a path from a null 'from'");
}
if (to == null) {
throw new NullPointerException(
"Cannot create a path to a null target");
}
if (from == to) {
return ".";
}
final Element f = from.getParent();
if (f == null) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"Cannot create a path from a detached attrbibute");
}
return "../" + getRelativePath(f, to);
}
/**
* Returns the relative path from the given from Attribute to the specified
* to Content as an XPath expression.
*
* @param from
* the Attribute from which the the generated path shall be applied.
* @param to
* the Content the generated path shall select.
* @return an XPath expression to select the specified node.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException
* if to and from are not part of the same
* XML tree
*/
public static String getRelativePath(final Attribute from, final Content to) {
if (from == null) {
throw new NullPointerException(
"Cannot create a path from a null 'from'");
}
if (to == null) {
throw new NullPointerException(
"Cannot create a path to a null target");
}
final Element f = from.getParent();
if (f == null) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"Cannot create a path from a detached attrbibute");
}
if (f == to) {
return "..";
}
return "../" + getRelativePath(f, to);
}
/**
* Returns the absolute path to the specified to Content.
*
* @param to
* the Content the generated path shall select.
* @return an XPath expression to select the specified node.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException
* if to is not an Element and it is detached.
*/
public static String getAbsolutePath(final Content to) {
if (to == null) {
throw new NullPointerException(
"Cannot create a path to a null target");
}
final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
final Element t = (to instanceof Element) ? (Element) to : to
.getParentElement();
if (t == null) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"Cannot create a path to detached target");
}
Element r = t;
while (r.getParentElement() != null) {
r = r.getParentElement();
}
sb.append("/");
getSingleStep(r, sb);
if (r != t) {
sb.append("/");
getRelativeElementPath(r, t, sb);
}
if (t != to) {
sb.append("/");
getSingleStep(to, sb);
}
return sb.toString();
}
/**
* Returns the absolute path to the specified to Content.
*
* @param to
* the Content the generated path shall select.
* @return an XPath expression to select the specified node.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException
* if to is detached.
*/
public static String getAbsolutePath(final Attribute to) {
if (to == null) {
throw new NullPointerException(
"Cannot create a path to a null target");
}
final Element t = to.getParent();
if (t == null) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"Cannot create a path to detached target");
}
Element r = t;
while (r.getParentElement() != null) {
r = r.getParentElement();
}
final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
sb.append("/");
getSingleStep(r, sb);
if (t != r) {
sb.append("/");
getRelativeElementPath(r, t, sb);
}
sb.append("/");
getSingleStep(to, sb);
return sb.toString();
}
}