org.apache.xalan.xpath
Class XObject

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--org.apache.xalan.xpath.XObject

Direct Known Subclasses:

XBoolean, XNodeSet, XNull, XNumber, XRTreeFrag, XString

Deprecated. This compatibility layer will be removed in later releases.

public class XObject

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

This class represents an XPath object, and is capable of converting the object to various types, such as a string. This class acts as the base class to other XPath type objects, such as XString, and provides polymorphic casting capabilities.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

XObject()
Deprecated. Create an XObject.

XObject(java.lang.Object obj)
Deprecated. Create an XObject.

Method Summary

boolean	bool() Deprecated. Cast result object to a boolean.
java.lang.Object	castToType(int t, XPathSupport support) Deprecated. Cast object to type t.
boolean	equals(XObject obj2) Deprecated. Tell if two objects are functionally equal.
int	getType() Deprecated. Tell what kind of class this is.
boolean	greaterThan(XObject obj2) Deprecated. Tell if one object is less than the other.
boolean	greaterThanOrEqual(XObject obj2) Deprecated. Tell if one object is less than the other.
boolean	lessThan(XObject obj2) Deprecated. Tell if one object is less than the other.
boolean	lessThanOrEqual(XObject obj2) Deprecated. Tell if one object is less than or equal to the other.
org.w3c.dom.NodeList	mutableNodeset() Deprecated. Cast result object to a nodelist.
org.w3c.dom.NodeList	nodeset() Deprecated. Cast result object to a nodelist.
boolean	notEquals(XObject obj2) Deprecated. Tell if two objects are functionally not equal.
double	num() Deprecated. Cast result object to a number.
java.lang.Object	object() Deprecated. Return a java object that's closes to the represenation that should be handed to an extension.
org.w3c.dom.DocumentFragment	rtree() Deprecated. For functions to override.
org.w3c.dom.DocumentFragment	rtree(XPathSupport support) Deprecated. Cast result object to a result tree fragment.
java.lang.String	str() Deprecated. Cast result object to a string.
java.lang.String	toString() Deprecated.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

XObject

public XObject()

Deprecated.

Create an XObject.

XObject

public XObject(java.lang.Object obj)

Deprecated.

Create an XObject.

Method Detail

getType

public int getType()

Deprecated.

Tell what kind of class this is.

num

public double num()
           throws org.xml.sax.SAXException,
                  javax.xml.transform.TransformerException

Deprecated.

Cast result object to a number.

bool

public boolean bool()
             throws org.xml.sax.SAXException,
                    javax.xml.transform.TransformerException

Deprecated.

Cast result object to a boolean.

str

public java.lang.String str()

Deprecated.

Cast result object to a string.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Deprecated.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

rtree

public org.w3c.dom.DocumentFragment rtree(XPathSupport support)

Deprecated.

Cast result object to a result tree fragment.

rtree

public org.w3c.dom.DocumentFragment rtree()

Deprecated.

For functions to override.

object

public java.lang.Object object()

Deprecated.

Return a java object that's closes to the represenation that should be handed to an extension.

nodeset

public org.w3c.dom.NodeList nodeset()
                             throws org.xml.sax.SAXException,
                                    javax.xml.transform.TransformerException

Deprecated.

Cast result object to a nodelist.

mutableNodeset

public org.w3c.dom.NodeList mutableNodeset()
                                    throws org.xml.sax.SAXException,
                                           javax.xml.transform.TransformerException

Deprecated.

Cast result object to a nodelist.

castToType

public java.lang.Object castToType(int t,
                                   XPathSupport support)
                            throws org.xml.sax.SAXException,
                                   javax.xml.transform.TransformerException

Deprecated.

Cast object to type t.

lessThan

public boolean lessThan(XObject obj2)
                 throws org.xml.sax.SAXException,
                        javax.xml.transform.TransformerException

Deprecated.

Tell if one object is less than the other.

lessThanOrEqual

public boolean lessThanOrEqual(XObject obj2)
                        throws org.xml.sax.SAXException,
                               javax.xml.transform.TransformerException

Deprecated.

Tell if one object is less than or equal to the other.

greaterThan

public boolean greaterThan(XObject obj2)
                    throws org.xml.sax.SAXException,
                           javax.xml.transform.TransformerException

Deprecated.

Tell if one object is less than the other.

greaterThanOrEqual

public boolean greaterThanOrEqual(XObject obj2)
                           throws org.xml.sax.SAXException,
                                  javax.xml.transform.TransformerException

Deprecated.

Tell if one object is less than the other.

equals

public boolean equals(XObject obj2)
               throws org.xml.sax.SAXException

Deprecated.

Tell if two objects are functionally equal.

notEquals

public boolean notEquals(XObject obj2)
                  throws org.xml.sax.SAXException,
                         javax.xml.transform.TransformerException

Deprecated.

Tell if two objects are functionally not equal.