001    /**
002     * Copyright (c) 2000-2010 Liferay, Inc. All rights reserved.
003     *
004     * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the Liferay Enterprise
005     * Subscription License ("License"). You may not use this file except in
006     * compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy of the License by
007     * contacting Liferay, Inc. See the License for the specific language governing
008     * permissions and limitations under the License, including but not limited to
009     * distribution rights of the Software.
010     *
011     *
012     *
013     */
014    
015    package com.liferay.portal.kernel.xml;
016    
017    import java.io.Serializable;
018    
019    import java.util.List;
020    
021    /**
022     * @author Brian Wing Shun Chan
023     */
024    public interface XPath extends Serializable {
025    
026            public boolean booleanValueOf(Object context);
027    
028            public Object evaluate(Object context);
029    
030            public String getText();
031    
032            public boolean matches(Node node);
033    
034            public Number numberValueOf(Object context);
035    
036            public List<Node> selectNodes(Object context);
037    
038            public List<Node> selectNodes(Object context, XPath sortXPath);
039    
040            public List<Node> selectNodes(
041                    Object context, XPath sortXPath, boolean distinct);
042    
043            public Node selectSingleNode(Object context);
044    
045            public void sort(List<Node> nodes);
046    
047            public void sort(List<Node> nodes, boolean distinct);
048    
049            public String valueOf(Object context);
050    
051    }