org.w3c.css.sac
Interface SelectorFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

CSSSelectorFactory, DefaultSelectorFactory

public interface SelectorFactory

See Also:

Selector

Method Summary

SimpleSelector	createAnyNodeSelector() Creates an any node selector.
CharacterDataSelector	createCDataSectionSelector(String data) Creates a cdata section node selector.
DescendantSelector	createChildSelector(Selector parent, SimpleSelector child) Creates a child selector.
CharacterDataSelector	createCommentSelector(String data) Creates a comment node selector.
ConditionalSelector	createConditionalSelector(SimpleSelector selector, Condition condition) Creates a conditional selector.
DescendantSelector	createDescendantSelector(Selector parent, SimpleSelector descendant) Creates a descendant selector.
SiblingSelector	createDirectAdjacentSelector(short nodeType, Selector child, SimpleSelector directAdjacent) Creates a sibling selector.
ElementSelector	createElementSelector(String namespaceURI, String tagName) Creates an element selector.
NegativeSelector	createNegativeSelector(SimpleSelector selector) Creates an negative selector.
ProcessingInstructionSelector	createProcessingInstructionSelector(String target, String data) Creates a processing instruction node selector.
ElementSelector	createPseudoElementSelector(String namespaceURI, String pseudoName) Creates a pseudo element selector.
SimpleSelector	createRootNodeSelector() Creates an root node selector.
CharacterDataSelector	createTextNodeSelector(String data) Creates a text node selector.

Method Detail

createConditionalSelector

public ConditionalSelector createConditionalSelector(SimpleSelector selector,
                                                     Condition condition)
                                              throws CSSException

Creates a conditional selector.

Parameters:

selector - a selector.

condition - a condition

Returns:

the conditional selector.

Throws:

CSSException - If this selector is not supported.

createAnyNodeSelector

public SimpleSelector createAnyNodeSelector()
                                     throws CSSException

Creates an any node selector.

Returns:

the any node selector.

Throws:

CSSException - If this selector is not supported.

createRootNodeSelector

public SimpleSelector createRootNodeSelector()
                                      throws CSSException

Creates an root node selector.

Returns:

the root node selector.

Throws:

CSSException - If this selector is not supported.

createNegativeSelector

public NegativeSelector createNegativeSelector(SimpleSelector selector)
                                        throws CSSException

Creates an negative selector.

Parameters:

selector - a selector.

Returns:

the negative selector.

Throws:

CSSException - If this selector is not supported.

createElementSelector

public ElementSelector createElementSelector(String namespaceURI,
                                             String tagName)
                                      throws CSSException

Creates an element selector.

Parameters:

namespaceURI - the namespace URI of the element selector.

tagName - the local part of the element name. NULL if this element selector can match any element.

Returns:

the element selector

Throws:

CSSException - If this selector is not supported.

createTextNodeSelector

public CharacterDataSelector createTextNodeSelector(String data)
                                             throws CSSException

Creates a text node selector.

Parameters:

data - the data

Returns:

the text node selector

Throws:

CSSException - If this selector is not supported.

createCDataSectionSelector

public CharacterDataSelector createCDataSectionSelector(String data)
                                                 throws CSSException

Creates a cdata section node selector.

Parameters:

data - the data

Returns:

the cdata section node selector

Throws:

CSSException - If this selector is not supported.

createProcessingInstructionSelector

public ProcessingInstructionSelector createProcessingInstructionSelector(String target,
                                                                         String data)
                                                                  throws CSSException

Creates a processing instruction node selector.

Parameters:

target - the target

data - the data

Returns:

the processing instruction node selector

Throws:

CSSException - If this selector is not supported.

createCommentSelector

public CharacterDataSelector createCommentSelector(String data)
                                            throws CSSException

Creates a comment node selector.

Parameters:

data - the data

Returns:

the comment node selector

Throws:

CSSException - If this selector is not supported.

createPseudoElementSelector

public ElementSelector createPseudoElementSelector(String namespaceURI,
                                                   String pseudoName)
                                            throws CSSException

Creates a pseudo element selector.

Parameters:

pseudoName - the pseudo element name. NULL if this element selector can match any pseudo element.

Returns:

the element selector

Throws:

CSSException - If this selector is not supported.

createDescendantSelector

public DescendantSelector createDescendantSelector(Selector parent,
                                                   SimpleSelector descendant)
                                            throws CSSException

Creates a descendant selector.

Parameters:

parent - the parent selector

descendant - the descendant selector

Returns:

the combinator selector.

Throws:

CSSException - If this selector is not supported.

createChildSelector

public DescendantSelector createChildSelector(Selector parent,
                                              SimpleSelector child)
                                       throws CSSException

Creates a child selector.

Parameters:

parent - the parent selector

child - the child selector

Returns:

the combinator selector.

Throws:

CSSException - If this selector is not supported.

createDirectAdjacentSelector

public SiblingSelector createDirectAdjacentSelector(short nodeType,
                                                    Selector child,
                                                    SimpleSelector directAdjacent)
                                             throws CSSException

Creates a sibling selector.

Parameters:

nodeType - the type of nodes in the siblings list.

child - the child selector

directAdjacent - the direct adjacent selector

Returns:

the sibling selector with nodeType equals to org.w3c.dom.Node.ELEMENT_NODE

Throws:

CSSException - If this selector is not supported.