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19  
20  package com.liferay.portal.kernel.xml;
21  
22  import java.util.List;
23  
24  /**
25   * <a href="XPath.java.html"><b><i>View Source</i></b></a>
26   *
27   * @author Brian Wing Shun Chan
28   *
29   */
30  public interface XPath {
31  
32      public boolean booleanValueOf(Object context);
33  
34      public Object evaluate(Object context);
35  
36      public String getText();
37  
38      public boolean matches(Node node);
39  
40      public Number numberValueOf(Object context);
41  
42      public List<Node> selectNodes(Object context);
43  
44      public List<Node> selectNodes(Object context, XPath sortXPath);
45  
46      public List<Node> selectNodes(
47          Object context, XPath sortXPath, boolean distinct);
48  
49      public Node selectSingleNode(Object context);
50  
51      public void sort(List<Node> nodes);
52  
53      public void sort(List<Node> nodes, boolean distinct);
54  
55      public String valueOf(Object context);
56  
57  }