XPathParser (Apache Tika 1.23 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.tika.sax.xpath.XPathParser

```
public class XPathParser
extends Object
```
Parser for a very simple XPath subset. Only the following XPath constructs (with namespaces) are supported:
- .../node()
- .../text()
- .../@*
- .../@name
- .../*...
- .../name...
- ...//*...
- ...//name...
In addition the non-abbreviated .../descendant::node() construct can be used for cases where the descendant-or-self axis used by the ...//node() construct is not appropriate.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

XPathParser()

XPathParser(String prefix, String namespace)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`addPrefix(String prefix, String namespace)`
`Matcher`	`parse(String xpath)`	Parses the given simple XPath expression to an evaluation state initialized at the document node.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - XPathParser
```
public XPathParser()
```
  - XPathParser
```
public XPathParser(String prefix,
                   String namespace)
```
- Method Detail
  - addPrefix
```
public void addPrefix(String prefix,
                      String namespace)
```
  - parse
```
public Matcher parse(String xpath)
```
    Parses the given simple XPath expression to an evaluation state initialized at the document node. Invalid expressions are not flagged as errors, they just result in a failing evaluation state.
    
    Parameters:
    
    xpath - simple XPath expression
    
    Returns:
    
    XPath evaluation state