package org.apache.velocity.anakia;
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*
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import com.werken.xpath.XPath;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.WeakHashMap;
/**
* Provides a cache for XPath expressions. Used by {@link NodeList} and
* {@link AnakiaElement} to minimize XPath parsing in their
* <code>selectNodes()</code> methods.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:szegedia@freemail.hu">Attila Szegedi</a>
* @version $Id: XPathCache.java 291585 2005-09-26 08:56:23Z henning $
*/
class XPathCache
{
// Cache of already parsed XPath expressions, keyed by String representations
// of the expression as passed to getXPath().
private static final Map XPATH_CACHE = new WeakHashMap();
private XPathCache()
{
}
/**
* Returns an XPath object representing the requested XPath expression.
* A cached object is returned if it already exists for the requested expression.
* @param xpathString the XPath expression to parse
* @return the XPath object that represents the parsed XPath expression.
*/
static XPath getXPath(String xpathString)
{
XPath xpath = null;
synchronized(XPATH_CACHE)
{
xpath = (XPath)XPATH_CACHE.get(xpathString);
if(xpath == null)
{
xpath = new XPath(xpathString);
XPATH_CACHE.put(xpathString, xpath);
}
}
return xpath;
}
}