Class Axis

ANCESTOR

public static final int ANCESTOR

The ancestor axis

Field Value:

4

ANCESTOR_OR_SELF

public static final int ANCESTOR_OR_SELF

The ancestor-or-self axis

Field Value:

13

ATTRIBUTE

public static final int ATTRIBUTE

The attribute axis

Field Value:

9

CHILD

public static final int CHILD

The child axis

Field Value:

1

DESCENDANT

public static final int DESCENDANT

The descendant axis

Field Value:

2

DESCENDANT_OR_SELF

public static final int DESCENDANT_OR_SELF

The descendant-or-self axis

Field Value:

12

FOLLOWING

public static final int FOLLOWING

The following axis

Field Value:

7

FOLLOWING_SIBLING

public static final int FOLLOWING_SIBLING

The following-sibling axis

Field Value:

5

INVALID_AXIS

public static final int INVALID_AXIS

Marker for an invalid axis

Field Value:

0

NAMESPACE

public static final int NAMESPACE

The namespace axis

Field Value:

10

PARENT

public static final int PARENT

The parent axis

Field Value:

3

PRECEDING

public static final int PRECEDING

The preceding axis

Field Value:

8

PRECEDING_SIBLING

public static final int PRECEDING_SIBLING

The preceding-sibling axis

Field Value:

6

SELF

public static final int SELF

The self axis

Field Value:

11

Axis

private Axis()

lookup

public static int lookup(String axisName)

Returns the code for an axis given its name.

Parameters:

axisName - the name of the axis: child, parent, descendant, descendant-or-self, etc.

Returns:

the axis code

lookup

public static String lookup(int axisNum)

Returns the name of the axis.

Parameters:

axisNum - the axis code

Returns:

the name of the axis such as might be used in an XPath expression