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Class DocumentSorter</H2>
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<DT><PRE>public class <B>DocumentSorter</B><DT>extends <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/UnaryExpression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">UnaryExpression</A></DL>
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A DocumentSorter is an expression that sorts a sequence of nodes into
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Get the static properties of this expression (other than its type).</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Copy an expression.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Get the effective boolean value of the expression.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/sort/DocumentSorter.html#explain(net.sf.saxon.trace.ExpressionPresenter)">explain</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/trace/ExpressionPresenter.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trace">ExpressionPresenter</A>&nbsp;out)</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Diagnostic print of expression structure.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Get a name identifying the kind of expression, in terms meaningful to a user.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Return an Iterator to iterate over the values of a sequence.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Promote this expression if possible</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Simplify an expression</TD>
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<A NAME="DocumentSorter(net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression)"><!-- --></A><H3>
DocumentSorter</H3>
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public <B>DocumentSorter</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A>&nbsp;base)</PRE>
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<A NAME="getExpressionName()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getExpressionName</H3>
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public <A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> <B>getExpressionName</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get a name identifying the kind of expression, in terms meaningful to a user.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#getExpressionName()">getExpressionName</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></CODE></DL>
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<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a name identifying the kind of expression, in terms meaningful to a user.
         The name will always be in the form of a lexical XML QName, and should match the name used
         in explain() output displaying the expression.</DL>
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<A NAME="getComparer()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getComparer</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/sort/ItemOrderComparer.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr.sort">ItemOrderComparer</A> <B>getComparer</B>()</PRE>
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<A NAME="simplify(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor)"><!-- --></A><H3>
simplify</H3>
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public <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> <B>simplify</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor</A>&nbsp;visitor)
                    throws <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD><B>Description copied from class: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/UnaryExpression.html#simplify(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor)">UnaryExpression</A></CODE></B></DD>
<DD>Simplify an expression
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<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/UnaryExpression.html#simplify(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor)">simplify</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/UnaryExpression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">UnaryExpression</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>visitor</CODE> - an expression visitor
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the simplified expression
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></CODE> - if an error is discovered during expression
     rewriting</DL>
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<A NAME="optimize(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType)"><!-- --></A><H3>
optimize</H3>
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public <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> <B>optimize</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor</A>&nbsp;visitor,
                           <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType</A>&nbsp;contextItemType)
                    throws <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
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<DD><B>Description copied from class: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/UnaryExpression.html#optimize(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType)">UnaryExpression</A></CODE></B></DD>
<DD>Perform optimisation of an expression and its subexpressions.
 <p/>
 <p>This method is called after all references to functions and variables have been resolved
 to the declaration of the function or variable, and after all type checking has been done.</p>
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/UnaryExpression.html#optimize(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor, net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.ExpressionVisitor.ContextItemType)">optimize</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/UnaryExpression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">UnaryExpression</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>visitor</CODE> - an expression visitor<DD><CODE>contextItemType</CODE> - the static type of "." at the point where this expression is invoked.
                        The parameter is set to null if it is known statically that the context item will be undefined.
                        If the type of the context item is not known statically, the argument is set to
                        <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/Type.html#ITEM_TYPE"><CODE>Type.ITEM_TYPE</CODE></A>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the original expression, rewritten if appropriate to optimize execution
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></CODE> - if an error is discovered during this phase
                                        (typically a type error)</DL>
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<A NAME="computeSpecialProperties()"><!-- --></A><H3>
computeSpecialProperties</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>computeSpecialProperties</B>()</PRE>
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<DD><B>Description copied from class: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/UnaryExpression.html#computeSpecialProperties()">UnaryExpression</A></CODE></B></DD>
<DD>Get the static properties of this expression (other than its type). The result is
 bit-signficant. These properties are used for optimizations. In general, if
 property bit is set, it is true, but if it is unset, the value is unknown.
<P>
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<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/UnaryExpression.html#computeSpecialProperties()">computeSpecialProperties</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/UnaryExpression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">UnaryExpression</A></CODE></DL>
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<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the special properties, as a bit-significant integer</DL>
</DD>
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<A NAME="copy()"><!-- --></A><H3>
copy</H3>
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public <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> <B>copy</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Copy an expression. This makes a deep copy.
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<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#copy()">copy</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></CODE></DL>
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<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the copy of the original expression</DL>
</DD>
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<A NAME="promote(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.PromotionOffer, net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression)"><!-- --></A><H3>
promote</H3>
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public <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A> <B>promote</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/parser/PromotionOffer.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr.parser">PromotionOffer</A>&nbsp;offer,
                          <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A>&nbsp;parent)
                   throws <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
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<DD>Promote this expression if possible
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<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/UnaryExpression.html#promote(net.sf.saxon.expr.parser.PromotionOffer, net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression)">promote</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/UnaryExpression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">UnaryExpression</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>offer</CODE> - details of the offer, for example the offer to move
     expressions that don't depend on the context to an outer level in
     the containing expression<DD><CODE>parent</CODE> - the containing expression in the expression tree
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>if the offer is not accepted, return this expression unchanged.
      Otherwise return the result of rewriting the expression to promote
      this subexpression
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></CODE> - if any error is detected</DL>
</DD>
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<A NAME="iterate(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)"><!-- --></A><H3>
iterate</H3>
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public <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/SequenceIterator.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.om">SequenceIterator</A> <B>iterate</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/XPathContext.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">XPathContext</A>&nbsp;context)
                         throws <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD><B>Description copied from class: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#iterate(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">Expression</A></CODE></B></DD>
<DD>Return an Iterator to iterate over the values of a sequence. The value of every
 expression can be regarded as a sequence, so this method is supported for all
 expressions. This default implementation handles iteration for expressions that
 return singleton values: for non-singleton expressions, the subclass must
 provide its own implementation.
<P>
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<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#iterate(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">iterate</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></CODE></DL>
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<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>context</CODE> - supplies the context for evaluation
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a SequenceIterator that can be used to iterate over the result
     of the expression
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></CODE> - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the
     expression</DL>
</DD>
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<A NAME="effectiveBooleanValue(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)"><!-- --></A><H3>
effectiveBooleanValue</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean <B>effectiveBooleanValue</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/XPathContext.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.expr">XPathContext</A>&nbsp;context)
                              throws <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD><B>Description copied from class: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#effectiveBooleanValue(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">Expression</A></CODE></B></DD>
<DD>Get the effective boolean value of the expression. This returns false if the value
 is the empty sequence, a zero-length string, a number equal to zero, or the boolean
 false. Otherwise it returns true.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html#effectiveBooleanValue(net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">effectiveBooleanValue</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/Expression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">Expression</A></CODE></DL>
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<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>context</CODE> - The context in which the expression is to be evaluated
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the effective boolean value
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/trans/XPathException.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trans">XPathException</A></CODE> - if any dynamic error occurs evaluating the
     expression</DL>
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<A NAME="explain(net.sf.saxon.trace.ExpressionPresenter)"><!-- --></A><H3>
explain</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>explain</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/trace/ExpressionPresenter.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.trace">ExpressionPresenter</A>&nbsp;out)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Diagnostic print of expression structure. The abstract expression tree
 is written to the supplied output destination.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/UnaryExpression.html#explain(net.sf.saxon.trace.ExpressionPresenter)">explain</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/expr/UnaryExpression.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.expr">UnaryExpression</A></CODE></DL>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>out</CODE> - the expression presenter used to display the structure</DL>
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