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2    * $Header: /home/projects/jaxen/scm/jaxen/src/java/main/org/jaxen/dom/DOMXPath.java,v 1.6 2005/04/06 09:16:46 elharo Exp $
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59   * $Id: DOMXPath.java,v 1.6 2005/04/06 09:16:46 elharo Exp $
60   */
61  
62  // XPath.java - top-level entry point for DOM XPath matching.
63  
64  package org.jaxen.dom;
65  
66  import org.jaxen.BaseXPath;
67  import org.jaxen.JaxenException;
68  
69  /*** An XPath implementation for the W3C DOM model
70   *
71   * <p>This is the main entry point for matching an XPath against a DOM
72   * tree.  You create a compiled XPath object, then match it against
73   * one or more context nodes using the {@link #selectNodes(Object)}
74   * method, as in the following example:</p>
75   *
76   * <pre>XPath path = new DOMXPath("a/b/c");
77   * List results = path.selectNodes(domNode);</pre>
78   *
79   * @see BaseXPath
80   *
81   * @author <a href="mailto:jstrachan@apache.org">James Strachan</a>
82   * @author <a href="mailto:bob@werken.com">bob mcwhirter</a>
83   *
84   * @version $Revision: 1.6 $
85   */
86  public class DOMXPath extends BaseXPath
87  {
88      /*** Construct given an XPath expression string.
89       *
90       *  @param xpathExpr the XPath expression
91       *
92       *  @throws JaxenException if there is a syntax error while
93       *          parsing the expression
94       */
95      public DOMXPath(String xpathExpr) throws JaxenException
96      {
97          super( xpathExpr, DocumentNavigator.getInstance() );
98      }
99  
100 }