## net.sf.saxon.xpath
Class XPathFactoryImpl

    java.lang.Object
      javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory
          net.sf.saxon.xpath.XPathFactoryImpl

Direct Known Subclasses:
  EnterpriseXPathFactory, ProfessionalXPathFactory

    public class XPathFactoryImpl

extends XPathFactory

Saxon implementation of the JAXP 1.3 XPathFactory

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory
`DEFAULT_OBJECT_MODEL_URI, DEFAULT_PROPERTY_NAME`

Constructor Summary
`XPathFactoryImpl()` Default constructor: this creates a Configuration as well as creating the XPathFactory.
`XPathFactoryImpl(Configuration config)` Constructor using a user-supplied Configuration.

Method Summary
`Configuration` `getConfiguration()` Get the Configuration object used by this XPathFactory
`boolean` `getFeature(String feature)` Get a feature of this XPath implementation.
`boolean` `isObjectModelSupported(String model)` Test whether a given object model is supported.
`XPath` `newXPath()` Create an XPath evaluator
`void` `setConfiguration(Configuration config)` Set the Configuration for the factory
`void` `setFeature(String feature, boolean b)` Set a feature of this XPath implementation.
`void` `setXPathFunctionResolver(XPathFunctionResolver xPathFunctionResolver)` Set a resolver for XPath functions.
`void` `setXPathVariableResolver(XPathVariableResolver xPathVariableResolver)` Set a resolver for XPath variables.

Methods inherited from class javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory
`newInstance, newInstance, newInstance`

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

Constructor Detail

### XPathFactoryImpl

    public XPathFactoryImpl()

  Default constructor: this creates a Configuration as well as creating the XPathFactory. Any documents accessed using this XPathFactory must be built using this same Configuration.

### XPathFactoryImpl

    public XPathFactoryImpl(Configuration config)

  Constructor using a user-supplied Configuration. This constructor is useful if the document to be queried already exists, as it allows the configuration associated with the document to be used with this XPathFactory.

  Parameters:
    `config` - the Saxon configuration

Method Detail

### setConfiguration

    public void setConfiguration(Configuration config)

  Set the Configuration for the factory

  Parameters:
    `config` - the Saxon Configuration to be used

### getConfiguration

    public Configuration getConfiguration()

  Get the Configuration object used by this XPathFactory

  Returns:
    the Saxon configuration

### isObjectModelSupported

    public boolean isObjectModelSupported(String model)

  Test whether a given object model is supported. Returns true if the object model is the Saxon object model, DOM, JDOM, DOM4J, or XOM

  Specified by:
    `isObjectModelSupported` in class `XPathFactory`
  Parameters:
    `model` - The URI identifying the object model.
  Returns:
    true if the object model is one of the following (provided that the supporting JAR file is available on the classpath) `NamespaceConstant.OBJECT_MODEL_SAXON`, `XPathConstants.DOM_OBJECT_MODEL`, `NamespaceConstant.OBJECT_MODEL_JDOM`, or `NamespaceConstant.OBJECT_MODEL_XOM`, or `NamespaceConstant.OBJECT_MODEL_DOM4J`. Saxon also allows user-defined external object models to be registered with the Configuration, and this method will return true in respect of any such model.

### setFeature

    public void setFeature(String feature,
                           boolean b)
                    throws XPathFactoryConfigurationException

  Set a feature of this XPath implementation. The only features currently recognized are:
  - `XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING`
  - `FeatureKeys.SCHEMA_VALIDATION`: requests schema validation of source documents. The property is rejected if the configuration is not schema-aware.

  Specified by:
    `setFeature` in class `XPathFactory`
  Parameters:
    `feature` - a URI identifying the feature
    `b` - true to set the feature on, false to set it off
  Throws:
    `XPathFactoryConfigurationException` - if the feature name is not recognized

### getFeature

    public boolean getFeature(String feature)
                       throws XPathFactoryConfigurationException

  Get a feature of this XPath implementation. The only features currently recognized are:
  - `FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING`
  - `FeatureKeys.SCHEMA_VALIDATION`: requests schema validation of source documents.

  Specified by:
    `getFeature` in class `XPathFactory`
  Parameters:
    `feature` - a URI identifying the feature
  Returns:
    true if the feature is on, false if it is off
  Throws:
    `XPathFactoryConfigurationException` - if the feature name is not recognized

### setXPathVariableResolver

    public void setXPathVariableResolver(XPathVariableResolver xPathVariableResolver)

  Set a resolver for XPath variables. This will be used to obtain the value of any variable referenced in an XPath expression. The variable resolver must be allocated before the expression is compiled, but it will only be called when the expression is evaluated.

  Specified by:
    `setXPathVariableResolver` in class `XPathFactory`
  Parameters:
    `xPathVariableResolver` - The object used to resolve references to variables.

### setXPathFunctionResolver

    public void setXPathFunctionResolver(XPathFunctionResolver xPathFunctionResolver)

  Set a resolver for XPath functions. This will be used to obtain an implementation of any external function referenced in an XPath expression. This is not required for system functions, Saxon extension functions, constructor functions named after types, or extension functions bound using a namespace that maps to a Java class.

  Specified by:
    `setXPathFunctionResolver` in class `XPathFactory`
  Parameters:
    `xPathFunctionResolver` - The object used to resolve references to external functions.

### newXPath

    public XPath newXPath()

  Create an XPath evaluator

  Specified by:
    `newXPath` in class `XPathFactory`
  Returns:
    an XPath object, which can be used to compile and execute XPath expressions.

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