Commons JXPath example source code file (IdentityManager.java)

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The Commons JXPath IdentityManager.java source code

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package org.apache.commons.jxpath;

/**
 * A delegate of {@link JXPathContext} that implements the XPath <code>"id()"
 * function. This delegate is only used when there is no default implementation
 * of the <code>id() function. For example, it is not used
 * when the root of the context is a DOM Node.
 *
 * @author Dmitri Plotnikov
 * @version $Revision: 652845 $ $Date: 2008-05-02 12:46:46 -0500 (Fri, 02 May 2008) $
 */
public interface IdentityManager {

    /**
     * Finds a node by its ID.
     * @param context JXPathContext
     * @param id String
     * @return Pointer
     */
    Pointer getPointerByID(JXPathContext context, String id);
}