Commons JXPath example source code file (NodeSet.java)

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The Commons JXPath NodeSet.java source code

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package org.apache.commons.jxpath;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * NodeSet interface can be used as the type of an argument of an extension
 * function.  Alternatively, the function can declare the argument as
 * a Collection (or List or Set), in which case it will be given a collection
 * of <i>values matching the path.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:dmitri@apache.org">Dmitri Plotnikov
 * @version $Id: NodeSet.java 618149 2008-02-04 02:04:13Z mbenson $
 */
public interface NodeSet {

    /**
     * Returns a list of nodes.
     * @return List
     */
    List getNodes();

    /**
     * Returns a list of pointers for all nodes in the set.
     * @return List
     */
    List getPointers();

    /**
     * Returns a list of values of all contained pointers.
     * @return List
     */
    List getValues();

}