org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.schema.xpath

Interface XPathSchemaContextFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

JaxenSchemaContextFactory

public interface XPathSchemaContextFactory

A factory for obtaining XPathSchemaContexts. This is the primary entry point to an XPath evaluation implementation. Users are expected to resolve these via their service resolution framework, be it ServiceLoader, OSGi or similar.

Implementations are required to support ServiceLoader.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
XPathSchemaContext	createContext(SchemaContext context) Create an XPathSchemaContext based on a SchemaContext.

Method Detail

createContext

@Nonnull
XPathSchemaContext createContext(@Nonnull
                                          SchemaContext context)

Create an XPathSchemaContext based on a SchemaContext. This effectively binds the namespaces the user expects to map to YANG schema. The XPathExpression compilation, relocation and optimization processes can take advantage of the YANG schema provided.

Parameters:

context - SchemaContext associated with the resulting XPathSchemaContext

Returns:

An XPathSchemaContext instance