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21 
22 package com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal;
23 
24 import javax.xml.transform.SourceLocator;
25 
26 import com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.utils.PrefixResolver;
27 
28 /**
29  * Factory class for creating an XPath.  Implementors of XPath derivatives
30  * will need to make a derived class of this.
31  * @xsl.usage advanced
32  */
33 public interface XPathFactory
34 {
35 
36   /**
37    * Create an XPath.
38    *
39    * @param exprString The XPath expression string.
40    * @param locator The location of the expression string, mainly for diagnostic
41    *                purposes.
42    * @param prefixResolver This will be called in order to resolve prefixes
43    *        to namespace URIs.
44    * @param type One of {@link com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.XPath#SELECT} or
45    *             {@link com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.XPath#MATCH}.
46    *
47    * @return an XPath ready for execution.
48    */
create(String exprString, SourceLocator locator, PrefixResolver prefixResolver, int type)49   XPath create(String exprString, SourceLocator locator,
50                PrefixResolver prefixResolver, int type);
51 }
52