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The coolest XML library for Java around. Define typesafe views (projections) to xml. Use XPath to read and write XML. Bind XML to Java collections. Requires at least Java6, supports Java8 features and has no further runtime dependencies.

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/**
 *  Copyright 2015 Sven Ewald
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
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 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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package org.xmlbeam.evaluation;

import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Interface to build fluent API for the evaluation API.
 *
 */
public interface XPathEvaluator {

    /**
     * Evaluates the XPath as a boolean value. This method is just a shortcut for as(Boolean.TYPE);
     * 
     * @return true when the selected value equals (ignoring case) 'true'
     */
    boolean asBoolean();

    /**
     * Evaluates the XPath as a int value. This method is just a shortcut for as(Integer.TYPE);
     * 
     * @return int value of evaluation result.
     */
    int asInt();

    /**
     * Evaluates the XPath as a String value. This method is just a shortcut for as(String.class);
     * 
     * @return String value of evaluation result.
     */
    String asString();

    /**
     * Evaluates the XPath as a Date value. This method is just a shortcut for as(Date.class); You
     * probably want to specify ' using ' followed by some formatting pattern consecutive to the
     * XPAth.
     * 
     * @return Date value of evaluation result.
     */
    Date asDate();

    /**
     * Evaluate the XPath as a value of the given type.
     * 
     * @param returnType
     *            Possible values: primitive types (e.g. Short.Type), Projection interfaces, any
     *            class with a String constructor or a String factory method, and org.w3c.Node
     * @return a value of return type that reflects the evaluation result.
     */
     T as(Class returnType);

    /**
     * Evaluate the XPath as an array of the given type.
     * 
     * @param componentType
     *            Possible values: primitive types (e.g. Short.Type), Projection interfaces, any
     *            class with a String constructor or a String factory method, and org.w3c.Node
     * @return an array of return type that reflects the evaluation result.
     */
     T[] asArrayOf(Class componentType);

    /**
     * Evaluate the XPath as a list of the given type.
     * 
     * @param componentType
     *            Possible values: primitive types (e.g. Short.Type), Projection interfaces, any
     *            class with a String constructor or a String factory method, and org.w3c.Node
     * @return List of return type that reflects the evaluation result.
     */
     List asListOf(Class componentType);

}