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 * $Id: XPathReader.java,v 1.1 2005/05/16 23:59:28 aslom Exp $
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package org.xmlpull.infoset.xpath.saxpath;

/** Interface for readers which can parse textual
 *  XPath expressions, and produce callbacks to
 *  {@link XPathHandler} objects.
 *
 *  @author bob mcwhirter ([email protected])
 */
public interface XPathReader extends SAXPathEventSource
{
    /** Perform parsing of the textual XPath expression,
     *  and produce event callbacks to an {@link XPathHandler}.
     *
     *  @param xpath The textual XPath expression to parse.
     *
     *  @throws SAXPathException In the event an error occurs.
     */
    void parse(String xpath) throws SAXPathException;
}