net.sf.saxon.tree.util

Class SteppingNavigator

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.tree.util.SteppingNavigator

public class SteppingNavigator
extends Object

The SteppingNavigator is a utility class containing methods to assist with navigating a tree whose nodes implement the SteppingNode interface

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	SteppingNavigator.DescendantAxisIterator An iterator over the descendant or descendant-or-self axis

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SteppingNavigator()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static SteppingNode	getFollowingNode(SteppingNode start, SteppingNode anchor) Get the next following node after a given node

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SteppingNavigator

public SteppingNavigator()

Method Detail

getFollowingNode

public static SteppingNode getFollowingNode(SteppingNode start,
                            SteppingNode anchor)

Get the next following node after a given node

Parameters:

start - the starting node

anchor - the node whose descendants are being scanned; the scan terminates when the anchor node is reached

Returns:

the next node in document order after the starting node, excluding attributes and namespaces; or null if no such node is found