ProfessionalXPathFactory

java.lang.Object
- javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory
- - net.sf.saxon.xpath.XPathFactoryImpl
  - - com.saxonica.config.ProfessionalXPathFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

Configuration.ApiProvider
```
public class ProfessionalXPathFactory
extends XPathFactoryImpl
```
An implementation of the JAXP XPath Factory that creates a Professional configuration. This implementation is used when Saxon-PE is present.

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from class javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory
  DEFAULT_OBJECT_MODEL_URI, DEFAULT_PROPERTY_NAME

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`ProfessionalXPathFactory()`	Default constructor: this creates a Configuration as well as creating the professional XPathFactory.
`ProfessionalXPathFactory(ProfessionalConfiguration config)`	Constructor using a user-supplied Configuration.

Method Summary
- Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.xpath.XPathFactoryImpl
  getConfiguration, getFeature, isObjectModelSupported, newXPath, setConfiguration, setFeature, setXPathFunctionResolver, setXPathVariableResolver
- Methods inherited from class javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory
  newDefaultInstance, newInstance, newInstance, newInstance
- Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
  clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - ProfessionalXPathFactory
```
public ProfessionalXPathFactory()
```
    Default constructor: this creates a Configuration as well as creating the professional XPathFactory. Any documents accessed using this XPathFactory must be built using this same Configuration.
  - ProfessionalXPathFactory
```
public ProfessionalXPathFactory(ProfessionalConfiguration config)
```
    Constructor using a user-supplied Configuration. This constructor is useful if the document to be queried already exists, as it allows the configuration associated with the document to be used with this XPathFactory.
    
    Parameters:
    
    config - the configuration to be used. This must be a ProfessionalConfiguration.