Commons JXPath example source code file (ExtendedKeyManager.java)

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The Commons JXPath ExtendedKeyManager.java source code

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package org.apache.commons.jxpath;

/**
 * More complete implementation for the XPath <code>"key()" function.
 * Returns NodeSet results and allows Object values for better compatibility
 * with non-XML graphs.
 *
 * @author Sergey Vladimirov
 * @author Matt Benson
 * @since JXPath 1.3
 * @version $Revision: 652845 $ $Date: 2008-05-02 12:46:46 -0500 (Fri, 02 May 2008) $
 */
public interface ExtendedKeyManager extends KeyManager {

    /**
     * Find a NodeSet by key/value.
     * @param context base
     * @param key String
     * @param value Object
     * @return NodeSet found
     */
    NodeSet getNodeSetByKey(JXPathContext context, String key, Object value);

}