org.jaxen.expr
Interface VariableReferenceExpr

All Superinterfaces:

Expr, java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultVariableReferenceExpr

public interface VariableReferenceExpr

extends Expr

Represents an XPath variable reference. This is production 36 in the XPath 1.0 specification:

[36] VariableReference ::= '$' QName

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getPrefix() Returns the namespace prefix of the variable.
java.lang.String	getVariableName() Returns the local name of the variable.

Methods inherited from interface org.jaxen.expr.Expr

evaluate, getText, simplify

Method Detail

getPrefix

public java.lang.String getPrefix()

Returns the namespace prefix of the variable. This is the empty string for variables with no namespace prefix.

Returns:

the namespace prefix of the variable

getVariableName

public java.lang.String getVariableName()

Returns the local name of the variable.

Returns:

the local name of the variable