org.mule.api.annotations.expression

Annotation Type XPath

@Target(value=PARAMETER)
 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Documented
public @interface XPath

An expression annotation that allows developers to control how method parameter values are injected on a service component or transformer. This parameter level annotation enables an XPath expression to be execute on an Xml payload of a message. The annotation uses the standard JAXP api and this dictates what method parameter types the annotaiton can be used with. The follonig parameter types are supported

• Boolean
• String
• Double
• Node
• NodeList
• Element
• Document

See XPathConstants for further information.

Required Element Summary

Required Elements

Modifier and Type	Required Element and Description
String	value

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
boolean	optional

Element Detail

value

public abstract String value

optional

public abstract boolean optional

Default:

false