## net.sf.saxon.sxpath
Class XPathEvaluator

    java.lang.Object
      net.sf.saxon.sxpath.XPathEvaluator

public class XPathEvaluator
extends java.lang.Object

This is a cut-down version of the XPathEvaluator in the net.sf.saxon.xpath package. It provides much of the same functionality, but without any dependencies on the JAXP 1.3 interfaces, which are not available in JDK 1.4. The main restrictions are that it does not support mechanisms for defining variables or functions.

Constructor Summary
`XPathEvaluator()` Default constructor.
`XPathEvaluator(Configuration config)` Construct an XPathEvaluator with a specified configuration.

Method Summary
`NodeInfo` `build(javax.xml.transform.Source source)` Build a source document.
`XPathExpression` `createExpression(java.lang.String expression)` Prepare an XPath expression for subsequent evaluation.
`Configuration` `getConfiguration()` Get the Configuration in use
`NamespaceResolver` `getNamespaceResolver()` Get the external namespace resolver, if one has been set using `setNamespaceResolver(net.sf.saxon.om.NamespaceResolver)`
`IndependentContext` `getStaticContext()` Get the current static context.
`static void` `main(java.lang.String[] args)` A simple command-line interface for the XPathEvaluator (not documented).
`void` `setNamespaceResolver(NamespaceResolver namespaceContext)` Set the external namespace resolver to be used.
`void` `setStaticContext(IndependentContext context)` Set the static context for compiling XPath expressions.
`void` `setStripSpace(boolean strip)` Indicate whether all whitespace text nodes in the source document are to be removed.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### XPathEvaluator

    public XPathEvaluator()

  Default constructor. Creates an XPathEvaluator with a default configuration and name pool.

### XPathEvaluator

    public XPathEvaluator(Configuration config)

  Construct an XPathEvaluator with a specified configuration.

Parameters:
  `config` - the configuration to be used

Method Detail

### getConfiguration

    public Configuration getConfiguration()

  Get the Configuration in use

### setStripSpace

    public void setStripSpace(boolean strip)

  Indicate whether all whitespace text nodes in the source document are to be removed.

  Parameters:
    `strip` - True if all whitespace text nodes are to be stripped from the source document, false otherwise. The default if the method is not called is false.

### build

    public NodeInfo build(javax.xml.transform.Source source)
                   throws XPathException

  Build a source document.

  Parameters:
    `source` - a JAXP Source object. This may be any implementation of Source that Saxon recognizes: not only the standard kinds of source such as StreamSource, SAXSource, and DOMSource, but also for example a JDOM or XOM DocumentWrapper.
  Returns:
    the NodeInfo representing the root of the constructed tree.
  Throws:
    `XPathException` - if, for example, XML parsing fails.

### setStaticContext

    public void setStaticContext(IndependentContext context)

  Set the static context for compiling XPath expressions. This provides control over the environment in which the expression is compiled, for example it allows namespace prefixes to be declared, variables to be bound and functions to be defined. For most purposes, the static context can be defined by providing and tailoring an instance of the IndependentContext class. Until this method is called, a default static context is used, in which no namespaces are defined other than the standard ones (xml, xslt, and saxon), and no variables or functions (other than the core XPath functions) are available.

### getStaticContext

    public IndependentContext getStaticContext()

  Get the current static context. This will always return a value; if no static context has been supplied by the user, the system creates its own.

### createExpression

    public XPathExpression createExpression(java.lang.String expression)
                                     throws XPathException

  Prepare an XPath expression for subsequent evaluation.

  Parameters:
    `expression` - The XPath expression to be evaluated, supplied as a string.
  Returns:
    an XPathExpression object representing the prepared expression
  Throws:
    `XPathException` - if the syntax of the expression is wrong, or if it references namespaces, variables, or functions that have not been declared.

### setNamespaceResolver

    public void setNamespaceResolver(NamespaceResolver namespaceContext)

  Set the external namespace resolver to be used. This overrides any namespaces declared directly using declareNamespace on the staticContext object

  Parameters:
    `namespaceContext` - The namespace context

### getNamespaceResolver

    public NamespaceResolver getNamespaceResolver()

  Get the external namespace resolver, if one has been set using `setNamespaceResolver(net.sf.saxon.om.NamespaceResolver)`

  Returns:
    the namespace context if set, or null otherwise

### main

    public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
                     throws java.lang.Exception

  A simple command-line interface for the XPathEvaluator (not documented). First parameter is the filename containing the source document, second parameter is the XPath expression.

  Throws:
    `java.lang.Exception`