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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.
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: 1.7 $
85  */
86 public class DOMXPath extends BaseXPath
87 {
88     /** Create a new <code>DOMXPath</code> from an XPath expression string.
89      *
90      * @param xpathExpr the XPath expression
91      *
92      * @throws JaxenException if there is a syntax error in the expression
93      */
94     public DOMXPath(String JavaDoc xpathExpr) throws JaxenException
95     {
96         super( xpathExpr, DocumentNavigator.getInstance() );
97     }
98
99 }
100
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