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width:75%; overflow:auto; height:100%;"> <h2><font size="-1">Saxon.Api</font><br>Class XdmItem </h2> <hr> <dl> <dt><pre>public abstract class XdmItem</pre></dt> <dt> extends <a href="XdmValue.html">XdmValue</a></dt> </dl> <dl> <dd> <p> The class <code>XdmItem</code> represents an item in a sequence, as defined by the XDM data model. An item is either an atomic value or a node. </p> <p>An item is a member of a sequence, but it can also be considered as a sequence (of length one) in its own right. <code>XdmItem</code> is a subtype of <code>XdmValue</code> because every Item in the XDM data model is also a value. </p> <p>It cannot be assumed that every sequence of length one will be represented by an <code>XdmItem</code>. It is quite possible for an <code>XdmValue</code> that is not an <code>XdmItem</code> to hold a singleton sequence. </p> </dd> </dl> <hr><a name="method_summary"></a><table border="1" width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" summary=""> <tr border="#ccccff" class="TableHeadingColor"> <th align="left" colspan="2"><font size="+2"><b>Method Summary</b></font></th> </tr> <tr bgcolor="white" class="TableRowColor"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="1%"><code> <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.boolean(VS.80).aspx">bool</a></code></td> <td><code><b><a href="#IsAtomic()">IsAtomic</a></b>()</code><p> Determine whether the item is an atomic value </p> </td> </tr> </table> <a name="method_detail"></a><table border="1" width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" summary=""> <tr border="#ccccff" class="TableHeadingColor"> <th align="left" colspan="2"><font size="+2"><b>Method Detail</b></font></th> </tr> </table><a name="IsAtomic()"></a><h3>IsAtomic</h3><pre>public abstract <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.boolean(VS.80).aspx">bool</a> <b>IsAtomic</b>()</pre><dl> <dd> <p> Determine whether the item is an atomic value </p> <dl> <dt>returns</dt> <dd> true if the item is an atomic value, false if it is a Node </dd> </dl> </dd> </dl> <hr> </div> </body> </html>