com.adobe.xmp.path

Class XMPPathParser

java.lang.Object

com.adobe.xmp.path.XMPPathParser

public class XMPPathParser
extends java.lang.Object

This class provides a parser that parses a path string (using prefixes) and a prefix-to-namespace mapping to construct a XMPPath object.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
XMPPathParser()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static XMPPath	parse(java.lang.String path, java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String> prefixContract) Creates an XMPPath object by parsing an XMP path String and creates one path segment for each detected segment in the path.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XMPPathParser

public XMPPathParser()

Method Detail

parse

public static XMPPath parse(java.lang.String path,
                            java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String> prefixContract)
                     throws XMPPathParserException

Creates an XMPPath object by parsing an XMP path String and creates one path segment for each detected segment in the path.

Parameters:

path - Path string to parse

prefixContract - A Map that contains the mapping between Namespaces and their prefixes. This must be provided to interpret the path correctly.

Throws:

XMPPathParserException - If the path has an invalid format or a prefix is found that is not defined in the prefixContract

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If path or prefixContract is null.