XPathFactory (Xalan-Java 2.7.2)

```
public interface XPathFactory
```
Factory class for creating an XPath. Implementors of XPath derivatives will need to make a derived class of this.

Method Summary

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Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`XPath`	`create(java.lang.String exprString, javax.xml.transform.SourceLocator locator, PrefixResolver prefixResolver, int type)`	Create an XPath.

- Method Detail
  - create
```
XPath create(java.lang.String exprString,
             javax.xml.transform.SourceLocator locator,
             PrefixResolver prefixResolver,
             int type)
```
    Create an XPath.
    
    Parameters:
    
    exprString - The XPath expression string.
    
    locator - The location of the expression string, mainly for diagnostic purposes.
    
    prefixResolver - This will be called in order to resolve prefixes to namespace URIs.
    
    type - One of XPath.SELECT or XPath.MATCH.
    
    Returns:
    
    an XPath ready for execution.