ca.uhn.fhir.fluentpath

Interface IFluentPath

public interface IFluentPath

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T extends IBase> List<T>	evaluate(IBase theInput, String thePath, Class<T> theReturnType) Apply the given FluentPath expression against the given input and return all results in a list
<T extends IBase> Optional<T>	evaluateFirst(IBase theInput, String thePath, Class<T> theReturnType) Apply the given FluentPath expression against the given input and return the first match (if any)

Method Detail

evaluate

<T extends IBase> List<T> evaluate(IBase theInput,
                                   String thePath,
                                   Class<T> theReturnType)

Apply the given FluentPath expression against the given input and return all results in a list

Parameters:

theInput - The input object (generally a resource or datatype)

thePath - The fluent path expression

theReturnType - The type to return (in order to avoid casting)

evaluateFirst

<T extends IBase> Optional<T> evaluateFirst(IBase theInput,
                                            String thePath,
                                            Class<T> theReturnType)

Apply the given FluentPath expression against the given input and return the first match (if any)

Parameters:

theInput - The input object (generally a resource or datatype)

thePath - The fluent path expression

theReturnType - The type to return (in order to avoid casting)