net.sourceforge.pmd.rules

Class XPathRule

public class XPathRule extends CommonAbstractRule

Rule that tries to match an XPath expression against a DOM view of the AST of a "compilation unit".

This rule needs a property "xpath".

Method Summary
void	apply(List astCompilationUnits, RuleContext ctx) Apply the rule to all compilation units.
void	evaluate(Node compilationUnit, RuleContext data) Evaluate the AST with compilationUnit as root-node, against the XPath expression found as property with name "xpath".

Method Detail

apply

public void apply(List astCompilationUnits, RuleContext ctx)

Apply the rule to all compilation units.

evaluate

public void evaluate(Node compilationUnit, RuleContext data)

Evaluate the AST with compilationUnit as root-node, against the XPath expression found as property with name "xpath". All matches are reported as violations.

Parameters: compilationUnit the Node that is the root of the AST to be checked data

Returns: