Package org.apache.tika.sax.xpath

Class ChildMatcher

java.lang.Object

org.apache.tika.sax.xpath.Matcher

org.apache.tika.sax.xpath.ChildMatcher

Direct Known Subclasses:

NamedElementMatcher

@Deprecated(since="2026-04-30")
public class ChildMatcher
extends Matcher

Deprecated.

This version of the Apache Tika library is deprecated. Use your own version of Apache Tika.

Intermediate evaluation state of a .../*... XPath expression. Matches nothing, but specifies the evaluation state for all child elements.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.tika.sax.xpath.Matcher

FAIL

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ChildMatcher(Matcher then)	Deprecated.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Matcher	descend(String namespace, String name)	Deprecated. Returns the XPath evaluation state that results from descending to a child element with the given name.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tika.sax.xpath.Matcher

matchesAttribute, matchesElement, matchesText

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

ChildMatcher

public ChildMatcher(Matcher then)

Deprecated.

Method Details

descend

public Matcher descend(String namespace,
 String name)

Deprecated.

Description copied from class: Matcher

Returns the XPath evaluation state that results from descending to a child element with the given name.

Overrides:

descend in class Matcher

Parameters:

namespace - element namespace or null

name - element name

Returns:

next XPath evaluation state