org.ucl.xpath
Interface Axis

All Known Implementing Classes:

ForwardAxis, ReverseAxis

public interface Axis

This is the interface class for an Axis. An axis defines the "direction of movement" for a step between a context node and another node that is reachable via the axis.

Method Summary

ResultSequence	iterate(NodeType node, DynamicContext dc) Get elements and attributes.
NodeType	principal_node_kind() Get the principle kind of node.

Method Detail

iterate

public ResultSequence iterate(NodeType node,
                              DynamicContext dc)

Get elements and attributes.

Parameters:

node - is the type of node.

dc - is the dynamic context.

Returns:

The result sequence.

principal_node_kind

public NodeType principal_node_kind()

Get the principle kind of node.

Returns:

The principle node kind.