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/*
* $Id: XPathFactory.java,v 1.1.2.1 2005/08/01 01:30:14 jeffsuttor Exp $
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package com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal;
import javax.xml.transform.SourceLocator;
import com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.utils.PrefixResolver;
/**
* Factory class for creating an XPath. Implementors of XPath derivatives
* will need to make a derived class of this.
* @xsl.usage advanced
*/
public interface XPathFactory
{
/**
* Create an XPath.
*
* @param exprString The XPath expression string.
* @param locator The location of the expression string, mainly for diagnostic
* purposes.
* @param prefixResolver This will be called in order to resolve prefixes
* to namespace URIs.
* @param type One of {@link com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.XPath#SELECT} or
* {@link com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.XPath#MATCH}.
*
* @return an XPath ready for execution.
*/
XPath create(String exprString, SourceLocator locator,
PrefixResolver prefixResolver, int type);
}