net.sf.saxon.om

Class AbsolutePath.PathElement

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.om.AbsolutePath.PathElement

Enclosing class:

AbsolutePath

public static class AbsolutePath.PathElement
extends java.lang.Object

Inner class representing one step in the path

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PathElement(int nodeKind, NodeName name, int index) Create a path element

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	getIndex() Get the position of the node
NodeName	getName() Get the name of the node
int	getNodeKind() Get the node kind
void	toString(FastStringBuffer fsb, char option) Get a string representation of the path

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PathElement

public PathElement(int nodeKind,
                   NodeName name,
                   int index)

Create a path element

Parameters:

nodeKind - the kind of node

name - the name of the node

index - the position of the node relative to siblings of the same node kind and name

Method Detail

getNodeKind

public int getNodeKind()

Get the node kind

Returns:

the node kind, as a constant from Type

getName

public NodeName getName()

Get the name of the node

Returns:

the node name

getIndex

public int getIndex()

Get the position of the node

Returns:

relative to siblings of the same node kind and name

toString

public void toString(FastStringBuffer fsb,
                     char option)

Get a string representation of the path

Parameters:

fsb - buffer into which the string representation will be written

option - for representing namespaces: 'p': use namepace prefix. 'u': use full URI. 's': use abbreviated URI