NamedElementMatcher (Apache Tika 2.9.2 API)

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

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

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

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor Description

protected NamedElementMatcher(String namespace, String name, 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
  - NamedElementMatcher
```
protected NamedElementMatcher(String namespace,
                              String name,
                              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 ChildMatcher
    
    Parameters:
    
    namespace - element namespace or null
    
    name - element name
    
    Returns:
    
    next XPath evaluation state