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    41 
       
    42 package org.w3c.dom.xpath;
       
    43 
       
    44 
       
    45 import org.w3c.dom.Node;
       
    46 import org.w3c.dom.DOMException;
       
    47 
       
    48 /**
       
    49  * The <code>XPathResult</code> interface represents the result of the
       
    50  * evaluation of an XPath 1.0 expression within the context of a particular
       
    51  * node. Since evaluation of an XPath expression can result in various
       
    52  * result types, this object makes it possible to discover and manipulate
       
    53  * the type and value of the result.
       
    54  * <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/2002/08/WD-DOM-Level-3-XPath-20020820'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 XPath Specification</a>.
       
    55  */
       
    56 public interface XPathResult {
       
    57     // XPathResultType
       
    58     /**
       
    59      * This code does not represent a specific type. An evaluation of an XPath
       
    60      * expression will never produce this type. If this type is requested,
       
    61      * then the evaluation returns whatever type naturally results from
       
    62      * evaluation of the expression.
       
    63      * <br>If the natural result is a node set when <code>ANY_TYPE</code> was
       
    64      * requested, then <code>UNORDERED_NODE_ITERATOR_TYPE</code> is always
       
    65      * the resulting type. Any other representation of a node set must be
       
    66      * explicitly requested.
       
    67      */
       
    68     public static final short ANY_TYPE                  = 0;
       
    69     /**
       
    70      * The result is a number as defined by . Document modification does not
       
    71      * invalidate the number, but may mean that reevaluation would not yield
       
    72      * the same number.
       
    73      */
       
    74     public static final short NUMBER_TYPE               = 1;
       
    75     /**
       
    76      * The result is a string as defined by . Document modification does not
       
    77      * invalidate the string, but may mean that the string no longer
       
    78      * corresponds to the current document.
       
    79      */
       
    80     public static final short STRING_TYPE               = 2;
       
    81     /**
       
    82      * The result is a boolean as defined by . Document modification does not
       
    83      * invalidate the boolean, but may mean that reevaluation would not
       
    84      * yield the same boolean.
       
    85      */
       
    86     public static final short BOOLEAN_TYPE              = 3;
       
    87     /**
       
    88      * The result is a node set as defined by  that will be accessed
       
    89      * iteratively, which may not produce nodes in a particular order.
       
    90      * Document modification invalidates the iteration.
       
    91      * <br>This is the default type returned if the result is a node set and
       
    92      * <code>ANY_TYPE</code> is requested.
       
    93      */
       
    94     public static final short UNORDERED_NODE_ITERATOR_TYPE = 4;
       
    95     /**
       
    96      * The result is a node set as defined by  that will be accessed
       
    97      * iteratively, which will produce document-ordered nodes. Document
       
    98      * modification invalidates the iteration.
       
    99      */
       
   100     public static final short ORDERED_NODE_ITERATOR_TYPE = 5;
       
   101     /**
       
   102      * The result is a node set as defined by  that will be accessed as a
       
   103      * snapshot list of nodes that may not be in a particular order.
       
   104      * Document modification does not invalidate the snapshot but may mean
       
   105      * that reevaluation would not yield the same snapshot and nodes in the
       
   106      * snapshot may have been altered, moved, or removed from the document.
       
   107      */
       
   108     public static final short UNORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE = 6;
       
   109     /**
       
   110      * The result is a node set as defined by  that will be accessed as a
       
   111      * snapshot list of nodes that will be in original document order.
       
   112      * Document modification does not invalidate the snapshot but may mean
       
   113      * that reevaluation would not yield the same snapshot and nodes in the
       
   114      * snapshot may have been altered, moved, or removed from the document.
       
   115      */
       
   116     public static final short ORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE = 7;
       
   117     /**
       
   118      * The result is a node set as defined by  and will be accessed as a
       
   119      * single node, which may be <code>null</code>if the node set is empty.
       
   120      * Document modification does not invalidate the node, but may mean that
       
   121      * the result node no longer corresponds to the current document. This
       
   122      * is a convenience that permits optimization since the implementation
       
   123      * can stop once any node in the in the resulting set has been found.
       
   124      * <br>If there are more than one node in the actual result, the single
       
   125      * node returned might not be the first in document order.
       
   126      */
       
   127     public static final short ANY_UNORDERED_NODE_TYPE   = 8;
       
   128     /**
       
   129      * The result is a node set as defined by  and will be accessed as a
       
   130      * single node, which may be <code>null</code> if the node set is empty.
       
   131      * Document modification does not invalidate the node, but may mean that
       
   132      * the result node no longer corresponds to the current document. This
       
   133      * is a convenience that permits optimization since the implementation
       
   134      * can stop once the first node in document order of the resulting set
       
   135      * has been found.
       
   136      * <br>If there are more than one node in the actual result, the single
       
   137      * node returned will be the first in document order.
       
   138      */
       
   139     public static final short FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE   = 9;
       
   140 
       
   141     /**
       
   142      * A code representing the type of this result, as defined by the type
       
   143      * constants.
       
   144      */
       
   145     public short getResultType();
       
   146 
       
   147     /**
       
   148      * The value of this number result. If the native double type of the DOM
       
   149      * binding does not directly support the exact IEEE 754 result of the
       
   150      * XPath expression, then it is up to the definition of the binding
       
   151      * binding to specify how the XPath number is converted to the native
       
   152      * binding number.
       
   153      * @exception XPathException
       
   154      *   TYPE_ERR: raised if <code>resultType</code> is not
       
   155      *   <code>NUMBER_TYPE</code>.
       
   156      */
       
   157     public double getNumberValue()
       
   158                              throws XPathException;
       
   159 
       
   160     /**
       
   161      * The value of this string result.
       
   162      * @exception XPathException
       
   163      *   TYPE_ERR: raised if <code>resultType</code> is not
       
   164      *   <code>STRING_TYPE</code>.
       
   165      */
       
   166     public String getStringValue()
       
   167                              throws XPathException;
       
   168 
       
   169     /**
       
   170      * The value of this boolean result.
       
   171      * @exception XPathException
       
   172      *   TYPE_ERR: raised if <code>resultType</code> is not
       
   173      *   <code>BOOLEAN_TYPE</code>.
       
   174      */
       
   175     public boolean getBooleanValue()
       
   176                              throws XPathException;
       
   177 
       
   178     /**
       
   179      * The value of this single node result, which may be <code>null</code>.
       
   180      * @exception XPathException
       
   181      *   TYPE_ERR: raised if <code>resultType</code> is not
       
   182      *   <code>ANY_UNORDERED_NODE_TYPE</code> or
       
   183      *   <code>FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE</code>.
       
   184      */
       
   185     public Node getSingleNodeValue()
       
   186                              throws XPathException;
       
   187 
       
   188     /**
       
   189      * Signifies that the iterator has become invalid. True if
       
   190      * <code>resultType</code> is <code>UNORDERED_NODE_ITERATOR_TYPE</code>
       
   191      * or <code>ORDERED_NODE_ITERATOR_TYPE</code> and the document has been
       
   192      * modified since this result was returned.
       
   193      */
       
   194     public boolean getInvalidIteratorState();
       
   195 
       
   196     /**
       
   197      * The number of nodes in the result snapshot. Valid values for
       
   198      * snapshotItem indices are <code>0</code> to
       
   199      * <code>snapshotLength-1</code> inclusive.
       
   200      * @exception XPathException
       
   201      *   TYPE_ERR: raised if <code>resultType</code> is not
       
   202      *   <code>UNORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE</code> or
       
   203      *   <code>ORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE</code>.
       
   204      */
       
   205     public int getSnapshotLength()
       
   206                              throws XPathException;
       
   207 
       
   208     /**
       
   209      * Iterates and returns the next node from the node set or
       
   210      * <code>null</code>if there are no more nodes.
       
   211      * @return Returns the next node.
       
   212      * @exception XPathException
       
   213      *   TYPE_ERR: raised if <code>resultType</code> is not
       
   214      *   <code>UNORDERED_NODE_ITERATOR_TYPE</code> or
       
   215      *   <code>ORDERED_NODE_ITERATOR_TYPE</code>.
       
   216      * @exception DOMException
       
   217      *   INVALID_STATE_ERR: The document has been mutated since the result was
       
   218      *   returned.
       
   219      */
       
   220     public Node iterateNext()
       
   221                             throws XPathException, DOMException;
       
   222 
       
   223     /**
       
   224      * Returns the <code>index</code>th item in the snapshot collection. If
       
   225      * <code>index</code> is greater than or equal to the number of nodes in
       
   226      * the list, this method returns <code>null</code>. Unlike the iterator
       
   227      * result, the snapshot does not become invalid, but may not correspond
       
   228      * to the current document if it is mutated.
       
   229      * @param index Index into the snapshot collection.
       
   230      * @return The node at the <code>index</code>th position in the
       
   231      *   <code>NodeList</code>, or <code>null</code> if that is not a valid
       
   232      *   index.
       
   233      * @exception XPathException
       
   234      *   TYPE_ERR: raised if <code>resultType</code> is not
       
   235      *   <code>UNORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE</code> or
       
   236      *   <code>ORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE</code>.
       
   237      */
       
   238     public Node snapshotItem(int index)
       
   239                              throws XPathException;
       
   240 
       
   241 }