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src/java.xml/share/classes/javax/xml/xpath/XPathExpression.java

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@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@
 
 import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
 import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
 
 /**
- * <p>{@code XPathExpression} provides access to compiled XPath expressions.</p>
+ * {@code XPathExpression} provides access to compiled XPath expressions.
  *
- * <a name="XPathExpression-evaluation"/>
+ * <a name="XPathExpression-evaluation"></a>
  * <table border="1" cellpadding="2">
  *   <thead>
  *     <tr>
  *       <th colspan="2">Evaluation of XPath Expressions.</th>
  *     </tr>

@@ -52,19 +52,19 @@
  *      <td>variables</td>
  *      <td>
  *        If the expression contains a variable reference, its value will be found through the {@link XPathVariableResolver}.
  *        An {@link XPathExpressionException} is raised if the variable resolver is undefined or
  *        the resolver returns {@code null} for the variable.
- *        The value of a variable must be immutable through the course of any single evaluation.</p>
+ *        The value of a variable must be immutable through the course of any single evaluation.
  *      </td>
  *    </tr>
  *    <tr>
  *      <td>functions</td>
  *      <td>
  *        If the expression contains a function reference, the function will be found through the {@link XPathFunctionResolver}.
  *        An {@link XPathExpressionException} is raised if the function resolver is undefined or
- *        the function resolver returns {@code null} for the function.</p>
+ *        the function resolver returns {@code null} for the function.
  *      </td>
  *    </tr>
  *    <tr>
  *      <td>QNames</td>
  *      <td>

@@ -74,36 +74,36 @@
  *    <tr>
  *      <td>result</td>
  *      <td>
  *        This result of evaluating an expression is converted to an instance of the desired return type.
  *        Valid return types are defined in {@link XPathConstants}.
- *        Conversion to the return type follows XPath conversion rules.</p>
+ *        Conversion to the return type follows XPath conversion rules.
  *      </td>
  *    </tr>
+ *   </tbody>
  * </table>
  *
  * <p>An XPath expression is not thread-safe and not reentrant.
  * In other words, it is the application's responsibility to make
  * sure that one {@link XPathExpression} object is not used from
  * more than one thread at any given time, and while the {@code evaluate}
  * method is invoked, applications may not recursively call
  * the {@code evaluate} method.
- * <p>
  *
  * @author  <a href="mailto:Norman.Walsh@Sun.com">Norman Walsh</a>
  * @author  <a href="mailto:Jeff.Suttor@Sun.com">Jeff Suttor</a>
  * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath#section-Expressions">XML Path Language (XPath) Version 1.0, Expressions</a>
  * @since 1.5
  */
 public interface XPathExpression {
 
 
     /**
-     * <p>Evaluate the compiled XPath expression in the specified context and return the result as the specified type.</p>
+     * Evaluate the compiled XPath expression in the specified context and return the result as the specified type.
      *
      * <p>See <a href="#XPathExpression-evaluation">Evaluation of XPath Expressions</a> for context item evaluation,
-     * variable, function and QName resolution and return type conversion.</p>
+     * variable, function and QName resolution and return type conversion.
      *
      * <p>
      * The parameter {@code item} represents the context the XPath expression
      * will be operated on. The type of the context is implementation-dependent.
      * If the value is {@code null}, the operation must have no dependency on

@@ -124,17 +124,17 @@
      */
     public Object evaluate(Object item, QName returnType)
         throws XPathExpressionException;
 
     /**
-     * <p>Evaluate the compiled XPath expression in the specified context and return the result as a {@code String}.</p>
+     * Evaluate the compiled XPath expression in the specified context and return the result as a {@code String}.
      *
      * <p>This method calls {@link #evaluate(Object item, QName returnType)} with a {@code returnType} of
-     * {@link XPathConstants#STRING}.</p>
+     * {@link XPathConstants#STRING}.
      *
      * <p>See <a href="#XPathExpression-evaluation">Evaluation of XPath Expressions</a> for context item evaluation,
-     * variable, function and QName resolution and return type conversion.</p>
+     * variable, function and QName resolution and return type conversion.
      *
      * <p>
      * The parameter {@code item} represents the context the XPath expression
      * will be operated on. The type of the context is implementation-dependent.
      * If the value is {@code null}, the operation must have no dependency on

@@ -151,24 +151,25 @@
      */
     public String evaluate(Object item)
         throws XPathExpressionException;
 
     /**
-     * <p>Evaluate the compiled XPath expression in the context of the specified {@code InputSource} and return the result as the
-     * specified type.</p>
+     * Evaluate the compiled XPath expression in the context 
+     * of the specified {@code InputSource} and return the result as the
+     * specified type.
      *
      * <p>This method builds a data model for the {@link InputSource} and calls
-     * {@link #evaluate(Object item, QName returnType)} on the resulting document object.</p>
+     * {@link #evaluate(Object item, QName returnType)} on the resulting document object.
      *
      * <p>See <a href="#XPathExpression-evaluation">Evaluation of XPath Expressions</a> for context item evaluation,
-     * variable, function and QName resolution and return type conversion.</p>
+     * variable, function and QName resolution and return type conversion.
      *
      * <p>If {@code returnType} is not one of the types defined in {@link XPathConstants},
-     * then an {@code IllegalArgumentException} is thrown.</p>
+     * then an {@code IllegalArgumentException} is thrown.
      *
      * <p>If {@code source} or {@code returnType} is {@code null},
-     * then a {@code NullPointerException} is thrown.</p>
+     * then a {@code NullPointerException} is thrown.
      *
      * @param source The {@code InputSource} of the document to evaluate over.
      * @param returnType The desired return type.
      *
      * @return The {@code Object} that is the result of evaluating the expression and converting the result to

@@ -180,20 +181,21 @@
      */
     public Object evaluate(InputSource source, QName returnType)
         throws XPathExpressionException;
 
     /**
-     * <p>Evaluate the compiled XPath expression in the context of the specified {@code InputSource} and return the result as a
-     * {@code String}.</p>
+     * Evaluate the compiled XPath expression in the context 
+     * of the specified {@code InputSource} and return the result as a
+     * {@code String}.
      *
      * <p>This method calls {@link #evaluate(InputSource source, QName returnType)} with a {@code returnType} of
-     * {@link XPathConstants#STRING}.</p>
+     * {@link XPathConstants#STRING}.
      *
      * <p>See <a href="#XPathExpression-evaluation">Evaluation of XPath Expressions</a> for context item evaluation,
-     * variable, function and QName resolution and return type conversion.</p>
+     * variable, function and QName resolution and return type conversion.
      *
-     * <p>If {@code source} is {@code null}, then a {@code NullPointerException} is thrown.</p>
+     * <p>If {@code source} is {@code null}, then a {@code NullPointerException} is thrown.
      *
      * @param source The {@code InputSource} of the document to evaluate over.
      *
      * @return The {@code String} that is the result of evaluating the expression and converting the result to a
      *   {@code String}.

@@ -349,11 +351,10 @@
      * equivalent to calling {@link #evaluateExpression(InputSource source, Class type)}
      * with type {@link XPathEvaluationResult}:
      * <pre> {@code
      *     evaluateExpression(source, XPathEvaluationResult.class);
      * }</pre>
-     * <p>
      *
      * @implSpec
      * The default implementation in the XPath API is equivalent to:
      * <pre> {@code
      *     (XPathEvaluationResult)evaluateExpression(source, XPathEvaluationResult.class);
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