XPathFactory.java

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package org.apache.xml.security.utils;


/**
 * A Factory to return an XPathAPI instance. If Xalan is available it returns XalanXPathAPI. If not, then 
 * it returns JDKXPathAPI.
 */
public abstract class XPathFactory {

    private static boolean xalanInstalled;
    
    static {
        try {
            
        	// the XPathFactory MUST be used in conjunction with android platform;
        	// so, all XALAN dependencies are removed
        	
        	/*
        	 *	Class<?> funcTableClass = ClassLoaderUtils.loadClass("org.apache.xpath.compiler.FunctionTable", XPathFactory.class);
        	 *	if (funcTableClass != null) {
             *  	xalanInstalled = true;
             *	}
             */
        	
        	xalanInstalled = false;
        	
            
        } catch (Exception e) {
            //ignore
        }
    }
    
    protected synchronized static boolean isXalanInstalled() {
        return xalanInstalled;
    }
    
    /**
     * Get a new XPathFactory instance
     */
    public static XPathFactory newInstance() {
    	
    	/*
         *	if (!isXalanInstalled()) {
         *  	return new JDKXPathFactory();
         *	}
         *  // Xalan is available
         *	if (XalanXPathAPI.isInstalled()) {
         *  	return new XalanXPathFactory();
         *	}
         * // Some problem was encountered in fixing up the Xalan FunctionTable so fall back to the 
         * // JDK implementation
         */
        return new JDKXPathFactory();
    }

    /**
     * Get a new XPathAPI instance
     */
    public abstract XPathAPI newXPathAPI();

}