1 /* 2 * Copyright 1999-2004 The Apache Software Foundation. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 /* 17 * $Id: PathComponent.java,v 1.4 2004/02/17 04:32:08 minchau Exp $ 18 */ 19 package org.apache.xpath.axes; 20 21 /** 22 * Classes who implement this information provide information needed for 23 * static analysis of a path component. 24 */ 25 public interface PathComponent 26 { 27 /** 28 * Get the analysis bits for this path component, as defined in the WalkerFactory. 29 * @return One of WalkerFactory#BIT_DESCENDANT, etc. 30 */ 31 public int getAnalysisBits(); 32 33 } 34 35