/*
* Copyright 2005-2012 the original author or authors.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package org.springframework.xml.xpath;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Map;
import org.springframework.util.Assert;
import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
/**
* Factory for compiled {@code XPathExpression}s, being aware of JAXP 1.3+ XPath functionality, and Jaxen. Mainly
* for internal use of the framework.
*
* <p>The goal of this class is to avoid runtime dependencies a specific XPath engine, simply using the best XPath
* implementation that is available. Prefers JAXP 1.3+ XPath implementations to Jaxen.
*
* @author Arjen Poutsma
* @see XPathExpression
* @since 1.0.0
*/
public abstract class XPathExpressionFactory {
private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(XPathExpressionFactory.class);
/**
* Create a compiled XPath expression using the given string.
*
* @param expression the XPath expression
* @return the compiled XPath expression
* @throws IllegalStateException if neither JAXP 1.3+, or Jaxen are available
* @throws XPathParseException if the given expression cannot be parsed
*/
public static XPathExpression createXPathExpression(String expression)
throws IllegalStateException, XPathParseException {
return createXPathExpression(expression, Collections.<String, String>emptyMap());
}
/**
* Create a compiled XPath expression using the given string and namespaces. The namespace map should consist of
* string prefixes mapped to string namespaces.
*
* @param expression the XPath expression
* @param namespaces a map that binds string prefixes to string namespaces
* @return the compiled XPath expression
* @throws IllegalStateException if neither JAXP 1.3+, or Jaxen are available
* @throws XPathParseException if the given expression cannot be parsed
*/
public static XPathExpression createXPathExpression(String expression, Map<String, String> namespaces)
throws IllegalStateException, XPathParseException {
Assert.hasLength(expression, "expression is empty");
if (namespaces == null) {
namespaces = Collections.emptyMap();
}
try {
logger.trace("Creating [javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpression]");
return Jaxp13XPathExpressionFactory.createXPathExpression(expression, namespaces);
}
catch (XPathException e) {
throw e;
}
}
}