ChildMatcher (Apache Tika 2.9.2 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.tika.sax.xpath.Matcher
- - org.apache.tika.sax.xpath.ChildMatcher

Direct Known Subclasses:

NamedElementMatcher
```
public class ChildMatcher
extends Matcher
```
Intermediate evaluation state of a .../*... XPath expression. Matches nothing, but specifies the evaluation state for all child elements.

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from class org.apache.tika.sax.xpath.Matcher
  FAIL

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

ChildMatcher(Matcher then)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Matcher`	`descend(String namespace, String name)`	Returns the XPath evaluation state that results from descending to a child element with the given name.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tika.sax.xpath.Matcher
matchesAttribute, matchesElement, matchesText

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

- Constructor Detail
  - ChildMatcher
```
public ChildMatcher(Matcher then)
```
- Method Detail
  - descend
```
public Matcher descend(String namespace,
                       String name)
```
    Description copied from class: Matcher
    
    Returns the XPath evaluation state that results from descending to a child element with the given name.
    
    Overrides:
    
    descend in class Matcher
    
    Parameters:
    
    namespace - element namespace or null
    
    name - element name
    
    Returns:
    
    next XPath evaluation state