XPathExpression.java

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package org.eclipse.persistence.sdo.helper.extension;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import commonj.sdo.DataObject;

public class XPathExpression {
    private String expression;

    /**
     * This constructor sets the expression to the provided value.
     *
     * @param expression
     */
    public XPathExpression(String expression) {
        this.expression = expression;
    }

    /**
     * Execute the xpath expression on the provided dataObject,
     * using the values in the map.
     *
     * @param dataObject
     * @param values
     * @return
     */
    public List evaluate(DataObject dataObject, Map values) {
        return XPathHelper.getInstance().evaluate(expression, dataObject);
    }
}