Package org.apache.xpath

Interface WhitespaceStrippingElementMatcher

All Known Implementing Classes:
DecimalFormatProperties, ElemApplyImport, ElemApplyTemplates, ElemAttribute, ElemAttributeSet, ElemCallTemplate, ElemChoose, ElemComment, ElemCopy, ElemCopyOf, ElemElement, ElemEmpty, ElemExsltFuncResult, ElemExsltFunction, ElemExtensionCall, ElemExtensionDecl, ElemExtensionScript, ElemFallback, ElemForEach, ElemIf, ElemLiteralResult, ElemMessage, ElemNumber, ElemOtherwise, ElemParam, ElemPI, ElemSort, ElemTemplate, ElemTemplateElement, ElemText, ElemTextLiteral, ElemUnknown, ElemUse, ElemValueOf, ElemVariable, ElemVariablePsuedo, ElemWhen, ElemWithParam, KeyDeclaration, NamespaceAlias, OutputProperties, ProcessorCharacters, ProcessorExsltFuncResult, ProcessorExsltFunction, ProcessorImport, ProcessorInclude, ProcessorLRE, ProcessorStylesheetDoc, ProcessorStylesheetElement, ProcessorTemplateElem, ProcessorText, ProcessorUnknown, Stylesheet, StylesheetComposed, StylesheetRoot, WhiteSpaceInfo, WhitespaceInfoPaths, XSLTElementProcessor
public interface WhitespaceStrippingElementMatcher
A class that implements this interface can tell if a given element should strip whitespace nodes from it's children.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type Method Description
    boolean canStripWhiteSpace()
    Get information about whether or not whitespace can be stripped.
    boolean shouldStripWhiteSpace​(XPathContext support, Element targetElement)
    Get information about whether or not an element should strip whitespace.

  • Method Details

    • shouldStripWhiteSpace

      boolean shouldStripWhiteSpace​(XPathContext support, Element targetElement) throws TransformerException
      Get information about whether or not an element should strip whitespace.
      Parameters:
      support - The XPath runtime state.
      targetElement - Element to check
      Returns:
      true if the whitespace should be stripped.
      Throws:
      TransformerException
      See Also:
      strip in XSLT Specification

    • canStripWhiteSpace

      boolean canStripWhiteSpace()
      Get information about whether or not whitespace can be stripped.
      Returns:
      true if the whitespace can be stripped.
      See Also:
      strip in XSLT Specification