Package org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.xpath.api

Interface YangXPathParser

All Known Subinterfaces:

YangXPathParser.QualifiedBound, YangXPathParser.UnqualifiedBound

@Beta
public interface YangXPathParser

Interface for converting a String into a YangXPathExpression. Implementations of this interface are expected to be NOT thread-safe.

Author:

Robert Varga

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static interface	YangXPathParser.QualifiedBound	A YangXPathParser bound to a YangNamespaceContext, producing Qualified-bound Expressions.
static interface	YangXPathParser.UnqualifiedBound	A YangXPathParser bound to a YangNamespaceContext and a default namespace, producing Unqualified-bound Expressions.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
YangXPathExpression	parseExpression(String xpath)	Parse a string containing an XPath expression.

Method Details

parseExpression

YangXPathExpression parseExpression(String xpath)
                             throws XPathExpressionException

Parse a string containing an XPath expression.

Parameters:

xpath - XPath expression string

Returns:

A parsed YangXPathExpression

Throws:

NullPointerException - if xpath is null

XPathExpressionException - when the expression cannot be parsed