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NAME

XML::DB::Service::XPathQueryService - provides XPath queries

SYNOPSIS

$service = $collection->getService('XPathQueryService', '1.0'); $resourceSet1 = $service->query($xpath); $resourceSet2 = $service->queryResource($xpath, $resourceId);

DESCRIPTION

Implements XML::DB::Service. Provides XPath queries relative to the Collection it is fetched from.

BUGS

AUTHOR

Graham Seaman
CPAN ID: GSEAMAN
graham@opencollector.org

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2002 Graham Seaman. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.

BUGS

SEE ALSO

XML::DB::Service

PUBLIC METHODS

clearNamespaces

    Usage clearNamespaces()

    Purpose clears the namespace map

    Arguments none

    Returns void

getNamespace

    Usage my $uri = $service->getNamespace($prefix)

    Purpose Returns the uri associated with a prefix

    Arguments $prefix

    Returns uri associated with prefix; default uri for empty prefix, or undef for prefix not found

removeNamespace

    Usage $service->removeNamespace($prefix)

    Purpose Removes the uri associated with a prefix, or the default namespace if prefix is empty

    Arguments $prefix

    Returns void

setNamespace

    Usage: $service->setNamespace($prefix, $url)

    Purpose: Associates a uri with a prefix; if prefix is null, the default namespace is set to the uri

    Arguments: $prefix, $uri

    Returns: void

    Throws: Exception if both uri and prefix are undefined

query

    Usage : $resourceSet = query($XPath)

    Purpose : Executes a query against a collection

    Arguments : xpath query string

    Returns : ResourceSet

    Throws : Exception

queryResource

    Usage : $resourceSet = query($XPath, $id)

    Purpose : Executes a query against a resource in the collection

    Arguments:

    • $xpath - query string

    • $id - id of resource to query

    Returns : ResourceSet

    Throws : Exception

new

    Usage : Should only be called indirectly, from a Collection (see Synopsis)

    Purpose : Constructor