org.sixdml.excelon
Class xlnSixdmlXpathObject

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

org.sixdml.query.SixdmlXpathObject

public class xlnSixdmlXpathObject

extends java.lang.Object

implements org.sixdml.query.SixdmlXpathObject

  
 xlnSixdmlXpathObject.java

 Represents an object returned from an XPath query. 
 
 Created: Mon Jan 14 18:09:44 2002

 

Fields inherited from interface org.sixdml.query.SixdmlXpathObject

BOOLEAN, NODESET, NUMBER, STRING, TREE_FRAGMENT, UNKNOWN

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getNodeSetAsXML() Returns the contents of the object as a n XML string if it is a nodeset or null otherwise.
boolean	getObjectAsBoolean() Returns the object as a boolean.
org.w3c.dom.NodeList	getObjectAsNodeSet() Returns the object as a DOM node list.
double	getObjectAsNumber() Returns the object as a double.
java.lang.String	getObjectAsString() Returns the object as a string.
org.sixdml.query.SixdmlXpathObjectType	getType() Get the type of this object as a SixdmlXpathObjectType.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getType

public org.sixdml.query.SixdmlXpathObjectType getType()

Get the type of this object as a SixdmlXpathObjectType.

Specified by:

getType in interface org.sixdml.query.SixdmlXpathObject

Returns:

the type of this object.

getObjectAsBoolean

public boolean getObjectAsBoolean()

Returns the object as a boolean.

Specified by:

getObjectAsBoolean in interface org.sixdml.query.SixdmlXpathObject

Returns:

the object as a boolean.

getObjectAsString

public java.lang.String getObjectAsString()

Returns the object as a string. For a nodeset the text form of the first element in the set is returned to be compatible with the XPath spec. For retrieval of the entire XML from a nodeset the getNodeSetAsXML() method should be used.

Specified by:

getObjectAsString in interface org.sixdml.query.SixdmlXpathObject

Returns:

the object as a string.

See Also:

getNodeSetAsXML()

getObjectAsNumber

public double getObjectAsNumber()

Returns the object as a double.

Specified by:

getObjectAsNumber in interface org.sixdml.query.SixdmlXpathObject

Returns:

the object as a double.

getObjectAsNodeSet

public org.w3c.dom.NodeList getObjectAsNodeSet()

Returns the object as a DOM node list.

Specified by:

getObjectAsNodeSet in interface org.sixdml.query.SixdmlXpathObject

Returns:

the object as a DOM node list.

getNodeSetAsXML

public java.lang.String getNodeSetAsXML()

Returns the contents of the object as a n XML string if it is a nodeset or null otherwise.

Specified by:

getNodeSetAsXML in interface org.sixdml.query.SixdmlXpathObject

Returns:

the entire contents of the object as a string if it is a nodeset or null otherwise.