PredicateEvaluator (Smooks 2.0.0 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Predicate

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultPredicateEvaluator, PositionPredicateEvaluator
```
public interface PredicateEvaluator
extends Predicate
```
Jaxen XPath expression evaluator.

Author:

tom.fennelly@jboss.com

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`evaluate(Fragment<?> fragment, ExecutionContext executionContext)`	Does this XPath expression evaluate for the supplied `Element` context object.

- Method Detail
  - evaluate
```
boolean evaluate(Fragment<?> fragment,
                 ExecutionContext executionContext)
```
    Does this XPath expression evaluate for the supplied Element context object.
    The implementation can update the context to a parent element if the expression targets multiple contexts.
    
    Parameters:
    
    fragment - The Element context to be evaluated against.
    
    executionContext - Smooks ExecutionContext.
    
    Returns:
    
    True if the expression evaluates, otherwise false.