1 /* 2 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 3 * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 4 * distributed with this work for additional information 5 * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 6 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 7 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 8 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 9 * 10 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 11 * 12 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 13 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 14 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 15 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 16 * limitations under the License. 17 */ 18 /* 19 * $Id: PathComponent.java 468655 2006-10-28 07:12:06Z minchau $ 20 */ 21 package org.apache.xpath.axes; 22 23 /** 24 * Classes who implement this information provide information needed for 25 * static analysis of a path component. 26 */ 27 public interface PathComponent 28 { 29 /** 30 * Get the analysis bits for this path component, as defined in the WalkerFactory. 31 * @return One of WalkerFactory#BIT_DESCENDANT, etc. 32 */ getAnalysisBits()33 public int getAnalysisBits(); 34 35 } 36 37